Steven J. Rosen

This article is about Steven J. Rosen, the writer on Vaishnavism and religious syncretism. For the pro-Israel lobbyist of the same name, see Steve J. Rosen.

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 Black Lotus: The Spiritual Journey of an Urban Mystic (2007), which is the life story of Bhakti Tirtha Swami.

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).^{[citation needed]} 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."

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.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

• Rosen, Steven J. (1987), Food for the Spirit: Vegetarianism and the World Religions, Bala Books, ISBN 0896470229, http://books.google.com/books?id=x-bGAAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1989), Archeology and the Vaishnava tradition: the pre-Christian roots of Krishna worship, Firma KLM, http://books.google.com/books?id=fWrXAAAAMAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J.; Van Pelt Hart, Alvin (1989), East-Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and Christianity: East-West Dialogues, Folk Books, ISBN 0961976314, http://books.google.com/books?id=eDmNAAAAMAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1990), Om Shalom: Judaism and Krishna Consciousness: conversations between Rabbi Jacob N. Shimmel and Satyaraja Dasa Adhikari, Folk Books, ISBN 0961976330, http://books.google.com/books?id=Mq-OAAAAMAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1991), The lives of the Vaishnava saints: Shrinivas Acharya, Narottam Das Thakur, Shyamananda Pandit, Folk Books, ISBN 0961976349, http://books.google.com/books?id=AbR-AAAAMAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1991), The Six Goswamis of Vrindavan (revised ed.), Folk Books, ISBN 0961976322, http://books.google.com/books?id=kLd-AAAAMAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J.; Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī (1992), Passage from India: the life and times of His divine grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda: a summary study of Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswamī's Śrīla Prabhupāda Līlāmr̥ta, Munshiram Manoharlal, ISBN 8121505585, http://books.google.com/books?id=UasXAAAAIAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1994), Narasimha Avatar: The Half-Man/Half-Lion Incarnation, Folk Books, ISBN 818781229X, http://books.google.com/books?id=kT6mPgAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1994), Vaisnavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 8120812352, http://books.google.com/books?id=4IrQkw5x2o4C 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1994), Śrī Pañca Tattva: The Five Features of God, Folk Books, ISBN 0961976373, http://books.google.com/books?id=ve-nAAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1996), Vaiṣṇavī: women and the worship of Krishna, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 812081438X, http://books.google.com/books?id=KWQqAAAAYAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1997), Diet for Transcendence: Vegetarianism and the World Religions, Torchlight, ISBN 1887089055, http://books.google.com/books?id=x5sBAAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (1997), The Reincarnation Controversy: Uncovering the Truth in the World Religions, Torchlight Publishing, ISBN 188708911X, http://books.google.com/books?id=-u0CAAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2000), Gita on the Green: The Mystical Tradition Behind Bagger Vance, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 082641365X, http://books.google.com/books?id=ONDYJTXf8loC 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2002), Holy War: Violence and the Bhagavad Gita, Deepak Heritage Books, ISBN 0937194441, http://books.google.com/books?id=ScgZAAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2002), The Hidden Glory of India, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, ISBN 0892133511, http://books.google.com/books?id=CxoBAAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2003), From Nothingness to Personhood: A Collection of Essays on Buddhism from a Vaishnava-Hindu Perspective, Rasbihari Lal & Sons, ISBN 8187812435, http://books.google.com/books?id=35QnAAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2004), Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights, Lantern Books, ISBN 1590560663, http://books.google.com/books?id=Z-WKuYt0MogC 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2006), Essential Hinduism, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275990060, http://books.google.com/books?id=VlhX1h135DMC 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2007), Black Lotus: The Spiritual Journey of an Urban Mystic, Hari-Nama Press, ISBN 1885414234, http://books.google.com/books?id=SKDCHgAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2007), Krishna's Song: a new look at the Bhagavad Gita, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0313345538, http://books.google.com/books?id=BmTsDd340DcC 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2008), The Yoga of Kirtan: Conversations on the Sacred Art of Chanting, Folk Books, ISBN 0615205100, http://books.google.com/books?id=k0qAPgAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2008), Ultimate Journey: Death and Dying in the World's Major Religions, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0313356084, http://books.google.com/books?id=AUk9OAAACAAJ 
• Rosen, Steven J. (2010), Jedi in the Lotus: A Hindu Perspective on Star Wars, Arktos Media Ltd, ISBN 9781907166112, http://www.arktos.com 

External links

• International Society for Krishna Consciousness