David J Neumann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1528704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Neumann |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Neumann |
| SIGNATURE | NEUMANN D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2203-3826 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Flexible Positions
Donald Walters was an ideal candidate to lead an eclectic transnational religious movement rooted in Hinduism that has survived for more than fifty years by balancing core commitments with flexibility on less central matters. He read Autobiography of a Yogi in 1948 and was mentored by its author, Paramahansa Yogananda, at Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) in Southern California. Walters took his monastic vows in 1955 to become Swami Kriyananda. A…
A Definitive but Unsatisfying Answer”
As an amorphous, nonhierarchical collection of associations, evangelicalism has always lacked a clear source of authority. Since Christianity Today's beginning in 1956, it has aspired to serve as the mouthpiece of authoritative evangelical views, presenting itself as the voice of moderation while espousing conservative views with a combative, culture-war stance. With the emergence of the gay rights movement, evangelicals launched a culture war ag…
Presenting Historical Content
In the last three decades, history education has focused overwhelmingly on inquiry. In teacher education, the recent turn to “Core Practices” or “High-Leverage Practices” (HLPs) has been applied to history education. Despite the attractiveness of inquiry-oriented instruction, it is still absent from far too many history classrooms. One major obstacle to implementation is the disregard for Presenting Historical Content as a core practice. Rather t…
The Father of Modern India and the Son of God
Rammohun Roy, often hailed as the “Father of India,” was a key figure in the early internationalisation of religion who embraced Western critiques of Hinduism while holding fast to what he viewed as the Vedas' revelation of a single Supreme Spirit. The Precepts of Jesus was central to the theological and philosophical system he sought to create in dialogue with fellow Indians and Westerners alike. On one hand, Roy sought to present Jesus to the I…
Christ as Yogi
Swami Vivekananda was the most influential pioneer of a Yogi Christ, illustrating well over a century ago how the life and teachings of Jesus might be incorporated within a larger Hindu worldview-and then presented back to Western audiences. Appropriation of Jesus, one of the central symbols of the West, might be viewed as the ultimate act of counter-Orientalism. This article begins by providing a brief biography of Vivekananda and the modern Hin…
Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools
Is yoga a form of religion? Is yoga mindfulness? What are religion and mindfulness? Wary of the dangers of essentializing, many historians bristle at these questions. But legal historians do not have this luxury, particularly regarding public school settings. In Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools, Candy Gunther Brown, a professor of religious studies at Indiana University and an expert witness in several court cases addressing the pu…
Domestic Security
Historians have been eager to trace the roots of “family values” discourse as a political phenomenon linked to the rise of the Religious Right. But the sacralisation of the Christian family deserves attention in its own right as a cultural phenomenon. Southern California provides an obvious case study, as religious conservatism and a growing military‐industrial presence intersected there in the postwar era. A case study of this region also illumi…
I Just Want to Do God's Will
Teachers often respond to the perils of teaching about religion by simply avoiding the subject. An investigation of secondary lesson plans on three prominent Martin Luther King, Jr. websites reveals little attention to the ideology of the civil rights movement, especially those touching on religious ideas. Ignoring King's religious views risks fundamentally misrepresenting his identity, his ideology, and his motivation for nonviolence. Stride Tow…
Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools
Is yoga a form of religion? Is yoga mindfulness? What are religion and mindfulness? Wary of the dangers of essentializing, many historians bristle at these questions. But legal historians do not have this luxury, particularly regarding public school settings. In Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools, Candy Gunther Brown, a professor of religious studies at Indiana University and an expert witness in several court cases addressing the pu…
Presenting Historical Content
In the last three decades, history education has focused overwhelmingly on inquiry. In teacher education, the recent turn to “Core Practices” or “High-Leverage Practices” (HLPs) has been applied to history education. Despite the attractiveness of inquiry-oriented instruction, it is still absent from far too many history classrooms. One major obstacle to implementation is the disregard for Presenting Historical Content as a core practice. Rather t…
I Just Want to Do God's Will
Teachers often respond to the perils of teaching about religion by simply avoiding the subject. An investigation of secondary lesson plans on three prominent Martin Luther King, Jr. websites reveals little attention to the ideology of the civil rights movement, especially those touching on religious ideas. Ignoring King's religious views risks fundamentally misrepresenting his identity, his ideology, and his motivation for nonviolence. Stride Tow…
Domestic Security
Historians have been eager to trace the roots of “family values” discourse as a political phenomenon linked to the rise of the Religious Right. But the sacralisation of the Christian family deserves attention in its own right as a cultural phenomenon. Southern California provides an obvious case study, as religious conservatism and a growing military‐industrial presence intersected there in the postwar era. A case study of this region also illumi…
Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools
Is yoga a form of religion? Is yoga mindfulness? What are religion and mindfulness? Wary of the dangers of essentializing, many historians bristle at these questions. But legal historians do not have this luxury, particularly regarding public school settings. In Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools, Candy Gunther Brown, a professor of religious studies at Indiana University and an expert witness in several court cases addressing the pu…
Presenting Historical Content
In the last three decades, history education has focused overwhelmingly on inquiry. In teacher education, the recent turn to “Core Practices” or “High-Leverage Practices” (HLPs) has been applied to history education. Despite the attractiveness of inquiry-oriented instruction, it is still absent from far too many history classrooms. One major obstacle to implementation is the disregard for Presenting Historical Content as a core practice. Rather t…
The Father of Modern India and the Son of God
Rammohun Roy, often hailed as the “Father of India,” was a key figure in the early internationalisation of religion who embraced Western critiques of Hinduism while holding fast to what he viewed as the Vedas' revelation of a single Supreme Spirit. The Precepts of Jesus was central to the theological and philosophical system he sought to create in dialogue with fellow Indians and Westerners alike. On one hand, Roy sought to present Jesus to the I…
Christ as Yogi
Swami Vivekananda was the most influential pioneer of a Yogi Christ, illustrating well over a century ago how the life and teachings of Jesus might be incorporated within a larger Hindu worldview-and then presented back to Western audiences. Appropriation of Jesus, one of the central symbols of the West, might be viewed as the ultimate act of counter-Orientalism. This article begins by providing a brief biography of Vivekananda and the modern Hin…
A Definitive but Unsatisfying Answer”
As an amorphous, nonhierarchical collection of associations, evangelicalism has always lacked a clear source of authority. Since Christianity Today's beginning in 1956, it has aspired to serve as the mouthpiece of authoritative evangelical views, presenting itself as the voice of moderation while espousing conservative views with a combative, culture-war stance. With the emergence of the gay rights movement, evangelicals launched a culture war ag…
Flexible Positions
Donald Walters was an ideal candidate to lead an eclectic transnational religious movement rooted in Hinduism that has survived for more than fifty years by balancing core commitments with flexibility on less central matters. He read Autobiography of a Yogi in 1948 and was mentored by its author, Paramahansa Yogananda, at Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) in Southern California. Walters took his monastic vows in 1955 to become Swami Kriyananda. A…
Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 works) · Hinduism (3 works) · History (3 works)