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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (3): 912–913.
Published: 01 August 2003
...June McDaniel Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism and Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism . By Jeffrey J. Kripal . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 2001 . xviii, 412 pp. $56.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 912...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (4): 1210–1211.
Published: 01 November 2011
... to the authors, Western scholars writing after the 1970s went astray in their interpretation of Ramakrishna, although the pre-imminent distortion of Ramakrishna revolves around the study of Jeffrey Kripal's book Kali's Child (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition 1998). What is impressive about...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1997) 56 (2): 531–532.
Published: 01 May 1997
...David L. Haberman Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna . By Jeffrey J. Kripal . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1995 . xxii, 386 pp. $49.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (3): 913–915.
Published: 01 August 2003
... motivation for mysticism in their works, Kripal calls them "mistaken" (Underhill) or "blinded" (Massignon) or not admitting the truth (Zaehner). More specifically, Kripal states that Underhill uses perennialism and symbolism to suppress mystical sex and violence and that she was unable to deal...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (3): 910–912.
Published: 01 August 2003
...- PETER MANUEL CUNY Graduate Center Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism and Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism. By JEFFREY J. KRIPAL. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. xviii, 412 pp. $56.00 (cloth). This book is by a scholar of South Asian religion, who is investigating the mystical...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1997) 56 (2): 529–531.
Published: 01 May 1997
... of hill stations, there is room still for a cultural poetics of hill stations. VlNAY LAL University of California, Los Angeles Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings ofRamakrishna. By JEFFREY J. KRIPAL. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. xxii, 386 pp. $49.95 (cloth...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (1): 318–319.
Published: 01 February 2003
... the historical record for clues regarding the apotheosis of Sarada DevT, a modern saint (Jeffrey Kripal in Bengal); and two write theoretically and synthetically (Pintchman and Thomas Coburn). The reflective essay by Coburn is a wonderful way to conclude the volume, as he is the authority on the sixth-century...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1997) 56 (2): 532–533.
Published: 01 May 1997
... STUDIES Kripal's refusal to reduce the mystical to the sexual allows him to take seriously Bengali constructions of Hindu Tantra as another important interpretive lens, for Ramakrishna's secret is also a Tantric secret. A major contribution of the book is a fairly detailed picture of a particular...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (1): 316–318.
Published: 01 February 2003
... author examines Goddesstexts and songs of varied caste and gender groupings (Sarah Caldwell in Kerala); one analyzes the historical record for clues regarding the apotheosis of Sarada DevT, a modern saint (Jeffrey Kripal in Bengal); and two write theoretically and synthetically (Pintchman and Thomas...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (1): 319–322.
Published: 01 February 2003
... to men. Furthermore, although Kripal implies that Sarada DevT would never have been lionized after Ramakrsna's death had not her women disciples proclaimed her greatness, "the Holy Mother" was a very traditional nineteenth-century woman. The theme of the one and the many is also addressed. Rohe...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2009) 68 (2): 648–649.
Published: 01 May 2009
... psychological interpretation than he gives us. Even the fascinating parallels between Carmichael and Neill—both were strict disciplinarians who caned subordinates for sinning, acted as near dictators in their administrative lives, and never married—are not explored. One thinks in this regard of Jeffrey Kripal's...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1993) 52 (3): 754–755.
Published: 01 August 1993
..., Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991; Jeffrey Kripal, "Revealing and Concealing the Secret: A Textual History of Mahendranath Gupta's Sri srirdmakrsnakathdmrta," in Clinton B. Seely, ed., Calcutta, Bangladesh, and Bengal Studies, Lansing: Michigan State University, 1991. In a concluding chapter, Hixon attempts...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1993) 52 (3): 753–754.
Published: 01 August 1993
...; Jeffrey Kripal, "Revealing and Concealing the Secret: A Textual History of Mahendranath Gupta's Sri srirdmakrsnakathdmrta," in Clinton B. Seely, ed., Calcutta, Bangladesh, and Bengal Studies, Lansing: Michigan State University, 1991. In a concluding chapter, Hixon attempts to engage the reader...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2006) 65 (2): 428–429.
Published: 01 May 2006
... Kripal, Ram Sil, Walter Neeval, and myself, the presentation of each scholar s position is done objectively and selectively, while the author calls attention to the defensive nature of insiders. The author begins a discussion of outsiders by examining the famous Victorian Indologist F. Max Mu¨ ller...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2002) 61 (1): 317–319.
Published: 01 February 2002
..., and no references to literature on Vivekananda or his setting by authors writing outside India like Anantanand Rambachan, Narasingha Sil, or Carl Jackson, much less Sudhir Kakar or Jeffrey Kripal. Still, the reader who wants a short, largely descriptive, work on the life of Swami Vivekananda might find this text...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2002) 61 (1): 315–317.
Published: 01 February 2002
.... In addition, there are no footnotes, and no references to literature on Vivekananda or his setting by authors writing outside India like Anantanand Rambachan, Narasingha Sil, or Carl Jackson, much less Sudhir Kakar or Jeffrey Kripal. Still, the reader who wants a short, largely descriptive, work on the life...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2006) 65 (4): 842–844.
Published: 01 November 2006
... changed his name half a dozen times, perhaps best exemplify the goals of Gurus in America. These gures have frequently reinvented themselves, experimenting on their followers with everything from free love to Zen and cosmic comedy loosely conforming to the rubric of tantra. Jeffrey Kripal s skillful...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2004) 63 (1): 271–279.
Published: 01 February 2004
.... $16.95. TENDULKAR, VIJAY. Mitrachi Goshta: A Friend s Story; A Play in Three Acts. Trans. Gowri Ramnarayan. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001. 78 pp. $10.95 (cloth). VAIDYANATHAN, T. G., and JEFFREY J. KRIPAL, eds. Vishnu on Freud s Desk: A Reader in Psychoanalysis and Hinduism. New Delhi: Oxford...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (4): 1068–1095.
Published: 01 November 1998
... ): 573 –90. Yadav Kripal C. 1987 . Elections in the Panjab , 1920–1947. New Delhi : Manohar . Zaman Mukhtar . 1978 . Students' Role in the Pakistan Movement . Karachi : Quaid-i-Azam Academy . Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 Partition, Pakistan...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1997) 56 (4): 1194–1204.
Published: 01 November 1997
... Muslims since Independence [USHA SANYAL] K O T H A R I , Poverty: Human Consciousness and the Amnesia of Development [DAVID LUDDEN] KRIPAL, Kali's Child: The Mystical and Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna [DAVID L. H A B E R M A N ] KUMAR, Science and the Raj, 1857-1905 [ZAHEER BABER] LARSON...