Vice President of Academic Affairs
Professor of Jain and Yoga Studies
Arihanta Institute

PhD, Study of Religion, December 2018 (UC Davis)

MA, Study of Religion, September 2016 (UC Davis)

MA, Comparative Theology, May 2013 (LMU)

BS, Accounting, May 2003 (LMU)

Yoga studies, Jain studies

BOOKS
Miller, Christopher. 2024. Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation. London: Routledge.

EDITED VOLUMES
Miller, Christopher and Cogen Bohanec, editors. Forthcoming. Engaged Jainism: Critical and Constructive Approaches to the Study of Jain Social Engagement. Albany: SUNY Press.

Rita Sherma and Christopher Miller, editors. Forthcoming. Ecology & Indian Philosophy: Hindu, Jain, and Yoga Perspectives on Climate and Environmental Mitigation. Proposal in process.

Miller, Christopher, Jeffery Long, and Michael Reading, editors. 2020. Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age. New York: Lexington Books.

EDITED JOURNAL ISSUES
Miller, Christopher, and Jeffery D. Long, editors. 2023. “A Continuing Search for Light in our Shared Times of Darkness: Introduction and Response to a Special Review Section on Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age.” Special Issue on Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age edited by Christopher Miller and Jeffery D. Long, Journal of Dharma Studies (Springer).

Miller, Christopher, editor. 2016. Special Issue: “Contemplative Practice: Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Science.” International Journal of Dharma Studies (Springer).
 
BOOK CHAPTERS  
Miller, Christopher. Forthcoming. "Puruṣa bound from within / without looking on”: Gurani Anjali's Sāṃkhya-Yoga Musicon Long Island, New York. " In Yogic Traditions and Sacred Sound Practices in the United States, edited by Brita Renée Heimark. Albany: SUNY Press.

Miller, Christopher. Forthcoming. "Jain Veganism in Dialogue with Jain Speciesism: Clarifying Jain Intra-religious Dialogue as a Basis for Inter-religious Dialogue." In Bloomsbury’s Handbook on Religion and Food, edited by Yudit Greenberg and Ben Zeller.

Miller, Christopher. Forthcoming. "Engaged Jain Yoga: Seven Cakras, the Buddha, and Mahāvīra on the Berlin Wall." In Engaged Jainism: Critical and Constructive Approaches to the Study of Jain Social Engagement, edited by Christopher Miller and Cogen Bohanec. Albany: SUNY Press.

Miller, Christopher. Forthcoming. "Conceptualizing ‘Engaged’ Jainism and the Field of ‘Engaged’ Jain Studies." In Engaged Jainism: Critical and Constructive Approaches to the Study of Jain Social Engagement, edited by Christopher Miller and Cogen Bohanec. Albany: SUNY Press.

Miller, Christopher. Forthcoming. "Engaged Jain Epistemology: Jain Responses to Climate Change." In Ecology & Indian Philosophy: Hindu, Jain, and Yoga Perspectives on Climate and Environmental Mitigation,  edited by Rita Sherma and Christopher Miller.

Miller, Christopher. 2023. "Shedding Light on the Humane Hoax through the Deeper Dimensions of Jain Ahiṃsā." In The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs, edited by Hope Bohanec. Lantern: New York.

Miller, Christopher. 2023. "Contemplating Jivas: The Ecological Implications of Jainism's Elemental Meditations." In Contemplative Studies in Jainism: Prayer, Veneration, Ritual, and Meditation in Jainism, edited by Cogen Bohanec, Purushottama Bilimoria, and Rita Sherma. New York: Routledge.

Miller, Christopher. 2021. "Christian and Hindu Responses to Christian Yoga Practice in North America." In Routledge Handbook of Hindu-Christian Relations, edited by Chad Bauman and Michelle Voss Roberts. New York, Routledge. 280-293.

Miller, Christopher. 2020. "Paramahansa Yogananda’s World Brotherhood Colonies: Models for Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Responsible Living." In Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age, edited by Christopher Miller, Michael Reading, and Jeffery Long. New York: Lexington Books. 163-180.

Miller, Christopher and Michael Reading. 2020. "Introduction." In Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age, edited by Christopher Miller, Michael Reading, and Jeffery Long. New York: Lexington Books. ix-xxi.

Miller, Christopher. 2018. "Yoga Bodies and Bodies of Water: Solutions for Climate Change in India?" In That All May Flourish: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics, edited by Laura Hartmann. New York: Oxford University Press. 126-155.

Miller, Christopher and Dianna Bell. 2018. "Harmonizing Bureaucracy and Bio-Spirituality." In That All May Flourish: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics, edited by Laura Hartmann. New York: Oxford University Press. 173-176.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Miller, Christopher and Jonathan Dickstein. 2021. "Jain Veganism: Ancient Wisdom, New Opportunities." Religions. Vol. 12, no. 512: Online

Miller, Christopher. 2020. " Softpower and Biopower: Narendra Modi’s ‘Double Discourse’ Concerning Yoga for Climate Change and Self-Care." Journal of Dharma Studies, Special Issue on Yoga Studies. Vol. 3, no. 1: 93-106.

Miller, Christopher. 2019. "Jainism, Yoga, and Ecology: A Course in Contemplative Practice for a World in Pain." In "New Directions in Jaina Studies." Special issue edited by Anne Vallely. Religions. Vol. 10, no. 4: 1-14.

Miller, Christopher. 2018. "World Brotherhood Colonies: A Preview of Paramahansa Yogananda's Understudied Vision  for Communities Founded upon the Principles of Yoga." Yoga-Mīmāṃsā. Vol. 50 no. 1: 3-9.
 
PEER-REVIEWED ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Miller, Christopher. 2020. "Jainism." In Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Sociology, Second Edition, edited by George Ritzer & Chris Rojek.

Miller, Christopher. 2018. "Sāṃkhya." In Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, edited by Pankaj Jain, et al. New York: Springer.

BOOK REVIEWS
Miller, Christopher. 2021. Review of Post Lineage Yoga: From Guru to #MeToo by Theodora Wildcroft. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 36:3, 587-589, DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2021.1923191

Miller, Christopher. 2021. Review of Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas by Christopher Chapple. Journal of Dharma Studies. Vol 4, 151–154 (2021).

Miller, Christopher. 2021. Review of Jainism and Environmental Philosophy: Karma and the Web of Life by Aidan Rankin. International Journal of Hindu Studies, 24: 407–443.

Miller, Christopher. 2020. Review Essay of An Introduction to Jain Philosophy by Parveen Jain. Journal of Dharma Studies, 3: 193–196.

Miller, Christopher. 2019. Review of Biography of a Yogi: Paramahansa Yogananda & the Origins of Modern Yoga by Anya P. Foxen. International Journal of Hindu Studies, Vol. 23: no. 1: 342-344.

Miller, Christopher. 2019. Review of Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis by Suzanne Newcombe. Religions of South Asia, Vol. 12, no. 3: 413-416.

“Embodying Transnational Yoga” dissertation project supported by several Mellon Indian Ocean Worlds Travel, Research and Writing Grants (March 2015 – July 2018)