Christopher Patrick Miller 
Bhagwan Mallinath Assistant Professor of Jainism and Yoga Studies | Theological Studies and Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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Biography
Christopher Patrick Miller completed his Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis. Prior to completing his Ph.D., Christopher earned an M.A. in Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis, an M.A. in Comparative Theology at Loyola Marymount University, and a B.S. in Accounting at Loyola Marymount University. Christopher has also undertaken post-baccalaureate Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach as well as Sanskrit language studies at the Australian International University. He previously served as Clinical Professor of Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University, where he now serves as the Bhagwan Mallinath Assistant Professor of Jainism and Yoga Studies. His current research focuses upon the ways in which yoga practices are translated into transnational modern yoga communities. He is the author of a number of articles and book chapters concerned with the history and practice of modern yoga, yoga and politics, yoga philosophy, and Jainism and ecology and is a co-editor of the volume Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (2019). Christopher has also completed a two-year yoga teacher training at the Hill Street Yoga and Meditation Center in Santa Monica, California and teaches and lectures about yoga in a number of international venues.
Education (4)
UC Davis: Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Graduate Group for the Study of Religion
UC Davis: M.A., Religious Studies
Loyola Marymount University: M.A., Comparative Theology
Loyola Marymount University: B.S., Accounting
Accomplishments (12)
James L. Fredericks Comparative Theology Fellowship
12/22/2019
Mellon Indian Ocean Worlds Dissertation Writing Grant
July 2018
Graduate Group in the Study of Religion Dissertation Research Fellowship
May 2017 - March 2018
UC Davis Professors of the Future Nominee
February 2017
Graduate Group in the Study of Religion Summer Fieldwork Fellowship
July 2016
Mellon Indian Ocean Worlds Dissertation Research Grant
March 2016
Mellon Indian Ocean Worlds Graduate Student Research Travel Grant
March 2016
Mellon Indian Ocean Worlds Graduate Student Research Travel Grant
March 2015
UC Davis Provost's Fellowship
Sept 2014 - Aug 2015
William McGowan Fellow
August 2002 - May 2003
LMU Annual Accounting Department Award
April 2003
KPMG, LLP Annual Accounting Scholarship
August 2002
Media Appearances (1)
Surfing Yogis
India Surf Festival online
Surfing with the surfing yogis in Puri, Orissa during the 2nd annual India Surf Festival during my fieldwork.
Courses (8)
Hinduism, Jainism, and Yoga
Undergraduate Course
Foundations of Yoga Studies (Residential)
Graduate Seminar
Foundations of Yoga Studies (Hybrid Low Residential Cohort)
Graduate Seminar
Haṭha-Yoga Texts
Graduate Seminar
Sanskrit: The Yoga-Sūtra
Graduate Seminar
Yoga Studies Writing and Research Seminar
Graduate Seminar
History of Modern Yoga
Graduate Seminar
Yoga Studies Comprehensive Exam Seminar
Graduate Seminar
Articles (10)
"Jainism, Yoga, and Ecology: A Course in Contemplative Practice for a World in Pain."
Religions. Special issue edited by Anne Vallely.Christopher Patrick Miller
2019
"World Brotherhood Colonies: A Preview of Paramahansa Yogananda's Understudied Vision for Communities Founded upon the Principles of Yoga."
Yoga-Mīmāṃsā. 50 no.1: 3-9.Christopher Patrick Miller
2018
"Contemplative Studies in Dharma Traditions."
[Special Issue] International Journal of Dharma Studies (Springer).Christopher Patrick Miller (editor)
2016
Review of Yoga in Britian: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis by Suzanne Newcombe.
Religions of South Asia.Christopher Patrick Miller
2019
"Sāṃkhya."
In Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, edited by Pankaj Jain, et al. New York: Springer.Christopher Patrick Miller
2018
"Preparing the Internal Sacrifice in Hatha Yoga: Measured Diet to Move beyond the Mind."
Tarka Issue #12. Online Journal.Christopher Miller
2019
"Beacons of Dharma: Explorations of Light in our Shared Times of Darkness."
Tarka Issue #9. Online Journal.Christopher Miller
2018
"Paramahansa Yogananda’s World Brotherhood Colonies: Models for Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Responsible Living."
. In Beacons of Dharma, edited by Christopher Patrick Miller Jeffery Long, and Michael Reading. New York: Lexington Books.Christopher Patrick Miller
2019
"Yoga Bodies and Bodies of Water: Solutions for Climate Change in India?"
In Flourishing: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics, edited by Laura Hartmann. New York: Oxford University Press.Christopher Patrick Miller
2018
"Harmonizing Bureaucracy and Bio-Spirituality."
In Flourishing: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics, edited by Laura Hartmann. New York: Oxford University Press.Christopher Patrick Miller and Dianna Bell.
2018
