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Steven J. Rosen, also known as Satyaraja Dasa (born 1955), is an American author. He is the founding editor of The Journal of Vaishnava Studies and an associate editor of Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement. He authored more than 20 books on Vaishnavism and related subjects, including Vaishnavi: Women and the Worship of Krishna (1996); Gita on the Green: The Mystical Tradition Behind Bagger Vance (2000); Holy War: Violence and the Bhagavad Gita (2002); The Hidden Glory of India (2002); From Nothingness to Personhood: A Collection of Essays on Buddhism From a Vaishnava Perspective (2003); Black Lotus: The Spiritual Journey of an Urban Mystic (2007), which is the life story of Bhakti Tirtha Swami; and The Jedi in the Lotus: A Hindu Perspective on Star Wars, which is a study of the connections between the Star Wars saga and Vaishnava philosophy.

Steven J. Rosen has a strong view on vegetarianism and has written Diet for Transcendence: Vegetarianism and the World Religions (1997, previously published as Food for the Spirit) and Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights (2004). In the former volume, he systematically explains the practice of vegetarianism in various religious traditions, such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism, with special attention to the philosophical schools of India. In the latter, citing the devotee-scholar Bhaktivinoda Thakur (1838—1914) and the Hindu savant Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927—2001), he looks at early Vedic tradition, animal sacrifices, and the innovative contributions of the Hare Krishna movement.

Several years ago he was called upon by Greenwood Press, a major academic publisher, to write the Hinduism volume for their Introduction to the World's Major Religions series. Greenwood later commissioned him to write Essential Hinduism, a more comprehensive treatment of the same subject, under the auspices of their parent company (Praeger), and the book is now receiving worldwide acclaim. Graham Schweig, for example, considers Essential Hinduism significant for its "analysis of Vishnu in the four original Vedas" and writes that the book reveals "perhaps for the first time in a readable, accessible volume, why Vishnu’s place is important in Hinduism as a whole, as [Rosen] connects Vaishnavism with the early Vedic tradition." Rowman & Littlefield recently released a trade paperback version of the book that is widely available.

In his 2008 book/CD package called The Yoga of Kirtan: Conversations on the Sacred Art of Chanting, Rosen interviews 21 kirtan masters from around the world and offers new essays on call-and-response singing as a form of yogic spirituality. His books have appeared in several languages, including Spanish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Chinese, and Russian.

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Total Books: 22
Swamiji An Early Disciple Brahmananda Dasa Remembers His Guru
2014 - Swamiji an Early Disciple Brahmananda Dasa Remembers His Guru (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781502876997
ISBN-10: 150287699X
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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The Agni and the Ecstasy
2012 - The Agni and the Ecstasy (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781907166792
ISBN-10: 1907166793
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Politics & Social Sciences
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Food for the Soul Vegetarianism and Yoga Traditions
The Jedi in the Lotus Star Wars and the Hindu Tradition
Krishna's Other Song A New Look at the Uddhava Gita
2010 - Krishna's Other Song a New Look at the Uddhava Gita (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780313383267
ISBN-10: 031338326X
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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Essential Hinduism
2008 - Essential Hinduism (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780742562370
ISBN-10: 0742562379
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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Krishna's Song A New Look at the Bhagavad Gita
Black Lotus
2007 - Black Lotus (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781885414236
ISBN-10: 1885414234
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Holy Cow The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights
The Hidden Glory of India
2002 - The Hidden Glory of India (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780892133512
ISBN-10: 0892133511
Genres: History, Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Gita on the Green The Mystical Tradition Behind Bagger Vance
Vaisnavism Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition
Logic of International Relations
1988 - Logic of International Relations (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780673397294
ISBN-10: 0673397297
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Testing Theories of Economic Imperialism
Testing Theories of Economic Imperialism (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780669913149
ISBN-10: 0669913146
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Samuel Beckett and the pessimistic tradition
Samuel Beckett and the Pessimistic Tradition (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780813508092
ISBN-10: 0813508096
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From Nothingness to Personhood  A Collection of Essays on Buddhism from a VaishnavaHindu Perspective