Dermot Killingley
Biographic Data
| ID | 705606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dermot Killingley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dermot |
| FAMILY NAME | Killingley |
| SIGNATURE | KILLINGLEY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Religions of Early India: A Cultural History’, by Richard H. Davis
Religions of Early India: A Cultural History, by Richard H. Davis. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2024. xx + 587 pp., $39.95/£35 (hb). ISBN 9780691199269
A Sanskrit Treasury: A Compendium of Literature from the Clay Sanskrit Library, edited by Camillo A. Formigatti
A Sanskrit Treasury: A Compendium of Literature from the Clay Sanskrit Library, edited by Camillo A. Formigatti. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2019. Foreword by Amartya Sen, preface by Richard Ovenden. xviii + 270 pp., £50. ISBN 9781851245314 (hb)
Freedom from the world and freedom in the worlds: Some Vedic concepts of salvation
Interpretation of the UpaniSads has occupied scholars from ancient times to the present, and ancient interpretations have influenced modern scholars even if they are not committed to any Vedantic school. This article looks at the history of interpretation of Katha Upanisad 6.4, which speaks of embodiment in worlds after death. Because such embodiment seems contrary to received ideas, this verse has been subject to conjectural emendations, or to i…
Bhakti and Power: Debating India’s Religion of the Heart, edited by John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke and Swapna Sharma
Bhakti and Power: Debating India’s Religion of the Heart, edited by John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke and Swapna Sharma. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2019. xii + 255 pp. ISBN 9780295745503 (pb)
Karel Werner (12 January 1925—26 November 2019)
s death was a particularly sad and momentous event for the editors of RoSA, because the journal is itself a development of the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions which he founded in 1975.The Spalding Symposium came into being at a time when there were few scholarly platforms for researchers in South Asian religions, when education was expanding and when many university departments of theology and religious studies were creating lectureships i…
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy: Metals, Gems and Minerals in South Asian Traditions
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy: Metals, Gems and Minerals in South Asian Traditions." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(1), pp. 156–157
Hephzibah Israel, Religious Transactions in Colonial South India: Language, Translation and the Making of Protestant Identity
Hephzibah Israel, Religious Transactions in Colonial South India: Language, Translation and the Making of Protestant Identity. Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 286 pp. $90. ISBN 978-0-230-10562-1 (hardback)
Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue: Self and No-Self
Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue: Self and No-Self." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 28(2), pp. 328–329
British Encounters with India, 1750–1830: A Sourcebook. Tim Keirn and Norbert Schürer (ed.)
British Encounters with India, 1750–1830: A Sourcebook. Tim Keirn and Norbert Schürer (ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-230231-43-6 (hbk), 978-0-230231-44-3 (pbk). $95/$32
Exploring the Bhagavad Gītā: Philosophy, Structure and Meaning
Exploring the Bhagavad Gītā: Philosophy, Structure and Meaning ITHAMAR THEODOR, 2010 Farnham, Surrey & Burlington, VT: Ashgate xi + 160 pp., £55.00, US$89.95 (hb) ISBN 978–0–7546–6658–5 The Gītā ha
Ezour-Védam: Europe’s Illusory First Glimpse of the Veda
A text in french with the title Ezour-Védam was proclaimed by Voltaire as a sample of ancient indian wisdom. it was soon suspected of coming from a missionary source, and this view has prevailed. in 1817, francis ellis studied and described the collection of texts in Pondicherry to which it belonged, and in 1984 ludo Rocher published the french text with a study of its possible origins. the present article examines the text again, relating it to …
Sanskrit
Pūjā: A Study in Smārta Ritual. By Gudrun Bühnemann. (Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, No. 15.) pp. 253, 3 col. pl., 12 bl. & wh. pl. Vienna, Institute of Indology, University of Vienna…
Pūjā: A Study in Smārta Ritual. By Gudrun Bühnemann. (Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, No. 15.) pp. 253, 3 col. pl., 12 bl. & wh. pl. Vienna, Institute of Indology, University of Vienna, 1988. ÖS 450. - Volume 1 Issue 3
The Study of South Asian Religion in the 1980s
Yoga-sūtra IV, 2–3 and Vivekānanda's interpretation of evolution
Braj: Centre of Krishna pilgrimage. By A. W. Entwistle. (Groningen Oriental Studies, Vol. III.) pp. xviii, 554, front., 29 pl., 3 maps (in end pocket). Groningen, Egbert Forsten, 1987
Braj: centre of Krishna pilgrimage. By A. W. Entwistle. (Groningen Oriental Studies, Vol. III.) pp. xviii, 554, front., 29 pl., 3 maps (in end pocket). Groningen, Egbert Forsten, 1987. - Volume 121 Issue 2
Radhakrishnan (1888-1975): First professor of eastern religions and ethics at Oxford
Crisis and religious renewal in the Brahmo Samaj (1860?1884): A documentary study of the emergence of the ?new dispensation? under Keshab Chandra Sen deFrans L. Damen, (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta…
Rammohun roy on the vedānta sūtras
Hymns of the Rgveda not employed in the solemn ritual J. Gonda, Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company, 1978. Dfl. 50.00
Translator's Note. Possible connections between the study of religions and European fascism, if not indeed Nazism, have sparked considerable discussion and debate in the English-speaking world. Consider the celebrated cases of Mircea Eliade and Georges Dumézil.By contrast, the work of German scholars of religion during the NS period has been relatively little studied. Still, there have been exceptions. Burkhard Gladigow of Tübingen has published …
Short review and book note
The Bhagavata-Purana, Translated and annotated by Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare. Ancient Indian tradition and mythology series, vol. VII, Part I. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass 1976. Rs. 50.00 Joseph Head and S. L. Cranston, Reincarnation: The phoenix fire mystery, New York, Crown 1977. xix + 620 pp. $10.00 Grace G. Harris, Casting out anger. Religion among the Taita of Kenya, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1978, 193 pp. £7.95 S. N. Kramer, From the p…
Short review and book note
Guilford Dudley III, Religion on trial: Mircea Eliade and his critics, Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1977. vii + 183 pp J. Gonda, Hymns of the Rgveda not employed in the solemn ritual, Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company, 1978. Dfl. 50.00 Daniel L. Overmyer, Folk Buddhist religion, dissenting sects in late traditional China, Harvard University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-674-30705-4. 295 pp. £10.50
Short review and book note
Geoffrey Parrinder, London, The wisdom of the early Buddhists, Sheldon Press, 1977. 86pp. £1.50 Irmgard Schloegel, The Zen way, London, Sheldon Press, 1977. viii + 117pp. £2.95 Raimundo Panikkar, The Vedic experience: Mantramañjarī: An anthology of the Vedas for modern man and contemporary celebration, Edited and translated with introductions and notes, with the collaboration of N. Shanta, M.A.R. Rogers, B. Bäumer and M. Bidoli. xxxviii + 937 pp.…
Hinduism: New essays in the history of religions. Edited by Bardwell L. Smith. (Studies in the History of Religions (Supplements to Numen ) No. XXXIII.) pp. viii, 231. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1976
Hinduism: New essays in the history of religions. Edited by Bardwell L. Smith. (Studies in the History of Religions (Supplements to Numen) No. XXXIII.) pp. viii, 231. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1976. - Volume 110 Issue 2
Short review and book note
Geoffrey Parrinder, London, The wisdom of the early Buddhists, Sheldon Press, 1977. 86pp. £1.50 Irmgard Schloegel, The Zen way, London, Sheldon Press, 1977. viii + 117pp. £2.95 Raimundo Panikkar, The Vedic experience: Mantramañjarī: An anthology of the Vedas for modern man and contemporary celebration, Edited and translated with introductions and notes, with the collaboration of N. Shanta, M.A.R. Rogers, B. Bäumer and M. Bidoli. xxxviii + 937 pp.…
Hinduism: New essays in the history of religions. Edited by Bardwell L. Smith. (Studies in the History of Religions (Supplements to Numen ) No. XXXIII.) pp. viii, 231. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1976
Hinduism: New essays in the history of religions. Edited by Bardwell L. Smith. (Studies in the History of Religions (Supplements to Numen) No. XXXIII.) pp. viii, 231. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1976. - Volume 110 Issue 2
Hymns of the Rgveda not employed in the solemn ritual J. Gonda, Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company, 1978. Dfl. 50.00
Translator's Note. Possible connections between the study of religions and European fascism, if not indeed Nazism, have sparked considerable discussion and debate in the English-speaking world. Consider the celebrated cases of Mircea Eliade and Georges Dumézil.By contrast, the work of German scholars of religion during the NS period has been relatively little studied. Still, there have been exceptions. Burkhard Gladigow of Tübingen has published …
Short review and book note
The Bhagavata-Purana, Translated and annotated by Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare. Ancient Indian tradition and mythology series, vol. VII, Part I. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass 1976. Rs. 50.00 Joseph Head and S. L. Cranston, Reincarnation: The phoenix fire mystery, New York, Crown 1977. xix + 620 pp. $10.00 Grace G. Harris, Casting out anger. Religion among the Taita of Kenya, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1978, 193 pp. £7.95 S. N. Kramer, From the p…
Short review and book note
Guilford Dudley III, Religion on trial: Mircea Eliade and his critics, Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1977. vii + 183 pp J. Gonda, Hymns of the Rgveda not employed in the solemn ritual, Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company, 1978. Dfl. 50.00 Daniel L. Overmyer, Folk Buddhist religion, dissenting sects in late traditional China, Harvard University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-674-30705-4. 295 pp. £10.50
Rammohun roy on the vedānta sūtras
Crisis and religious renewal in the Brahmo Samaj (1860?1884): A documentary study of the emergence of the ?new dispensation? under Keshab Chandra Sen deFrans L. Damen, (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta…
Braj: Centre of Krishna pilgrimage. By A. W. Entwistle. (Groningen Oriental Studies, Vol. III.) pp. xviii, 554, front., 29 pl., 3 maps (in end pocket). Groningen, Egbert Forsten, 1987
Braj: centre of Krishna pilgrimage. By A. W. Entwistle. (Groningen Oriental Studies, Vol. III.) pp. xviii, 554, front., 29 pl., 3 maps (in end pocket). Groningen, Egbert Forsten, 1987. - Volume 121 Issue 2
Radhakrishnan (1888-1975): First professor of eastern religions and ethics at Oxford
Yoga-sūtra IV, 2–3 and Vivekānanda's interpretation of evolution
Pūjā: A Study in Smārta Ritual. By Gudrun Bühnemann. (Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, No. 15.) pp. 253, 3 col. pl., 12 bl. & wh. pl. Vienna, Institute of Indology, University of Vienna…
Pūjā: A Study in Smārta Ritual. By Gudrun Bühnemann. (Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, No. 15.) pp. 253, 3 col. pl., 12 bl. & wh. pl. Vienna, Institute of Indology, University of Vienna, 1988. ÖS 450. - Volume 1 Issue 3
The Study of South Asian Religion in the 1980s
Sanskrit
Ezour-Védam: Europe’s Illusory First Glimpse of the Veda
A text in french with the title Ezour-Védam was proclaimed by Voltaire as a sample of ancient indian wisdom. it was soon suspected of coming from a missionary source, and this view has prevailed. in 1817, francis ellis studied and described the collection of texts in Pondicherry to which it belonged, and in 1984 ludo Rocher published the french text with a study of its possible origins. the present article examines the text again, relating it to …
Exploring the Bhagavad Gītā: Philosophy, Structure and Meaning
Exploring the Bhagavad Gītā: Philosophy, Structure and Meaning ITHAMAR THEODOR, 2010 Farnham, Surrey & Burlington, VT: Ashgate xi + 160 pp., £55.00, US$89.95 (hb) ISBN 978–0–7546–6658–5 The Gītā ha
British Encounters with India, 1750–1830: A Sourcebook. Tim Keirn and Norbert Schürer (ed.)
British Encounters with India, 1750–1830: A Sourcebook. Tim Keirn and Norbert Schürer (ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-230231-43-6 (hbk), 978-0-230231-44-3 (pbk). $95/$32
Hephzibah Israel, Religious Transactions in Colonial South India: Language, Translation and the Making of Protestant Identity
Hephzibah Israel, Religious Transactions in Colonial South India: Language, Translation and the Making of Protestant Identity. Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 286 pp. $90. ISBN 978-0-230-10562-1 (hardback)
Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue: Self and No-Self
Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue: Self and No-Self." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 28(2), pp. 328–329
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy: Metals, Gems and Minerals in South Asian Traditions
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy: Metals, Gems and Minerals in South Asian Traditions." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(1), pp. 156–157
Karel Werner (12 January 1925—26 November 2019)
s death was a particularly sad and momentous event for the editors of RoSA, because the journal is itself a development of the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions which he founded in 1975.The Spalding Symposium came into being at a time when there were few scholarly platforms for researchers in South Asian religions, when education was expanding and when many university departments of theology and religious studies were creating lectureships i…
A Sanskrit Treasury: A Compendium of Literature from the Clay Sanskrit Library, edited by Camillo A. Formigatti
A Sanskrit Treasury: A Compendium of Literature from the Clay Sanskrit Library, edited by Camillo A. Formigatti. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2019. Foreword by Amartya Sen, preface by Richard Ovenden. xviii + 270 pp., £50. ISBN 9781851245314 (hb)
Freedom from the world and freedom in the worlds: Some Vedic concepts of salvation
Interpretation of the UpaniSads has occupied scholars from ancient times to the present, and ancient interpretations have influenced modern scholars even if they are not committed to any Vedantic school. This article looks at the history of interpretation of Katha Upanisad 6.4, which speaks of embodiment in worlds after death. Because such embodiment seems contrary to received ideas, this verse has been subject to conjectural emendations, or to i…
Bhakti and Power: Debating India’s Religion of the Heart, edited by John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke and Swapna Sharma
Bhakti and Power: Debating India’s Religion of the Heart, edited by John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke and Swapna Sharma. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2019. xii + 255 pp. ISBN 9780295745503 (pb)
‘Religions of Early India: A Cultural History’, by Richard H. Davis
Religions of Early India: A Cultural History, by Richard H. Davis. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2024. xx + 587 pp., $39.95/£35 (hb). ISBN 9780691199269
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