Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Ravindra Svarupa Dasa (; born William H. Deadwyler, III) is a religious studies scholar and a Hare Krishna religious leader. He was initiated by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1971. He has been a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission since 1987, Chairman of that Commission's North American GBC Continental Committee, is the president of ISKCON of Philadelphia, and an ISKCON Guru. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion from Temple University and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on Vaishnava philosophy and used his education to further the discourse of Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology within the context of ISKCON. He is the author of ''Encounter with the Lord of the Universe: Collected Essays 1978-1983'' (Washington, DC: Gita Nagari Press, 1984). He also is featured on Shelter's ''Attaining the Supreme,'' where he gives a lecture on a hidden track.

Publications

* William H. Deadwyler ''Necessity and the Cosmic Organism: An Examination of Hartshorne's God'' — Philadelphia: Temple University, 1980. — 526 p.
* Ravīndra-svarūpa Dāsa ''Encounter With the Lord of the Universe: Collected Essays, 1978-1983'' — Washington, DC: Gita-nagari Press, 1983. — viii, 118 p. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''The Scholarly Tradition in Caitanyite Vaisnavism: India and America'' // ISKCON Review. — 1985. — Vol. 1. — No. 1. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''The Contribution of Bhagavata-Dharma Toward a 'Scientific Religion' and a 'Religious Science // T. D. Singh, R. Gomatam ''Synthesis of Science and Religion — Critical Essays and Dialogues''. — San Francisco: Bhaktivedanta Institute, 1987. — pp. 366-380. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''Patterns in ISKCON's Historical Self-Perception'' // David G. Bromley, Larry D. Shinn ''Krishna Consciousness in the West''. — Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1989. — pp. 55-75. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''The Religions of Others in ISKCON's Eyes'' // Leonard Swidler, Paul Mojzes ''Attitudes of Religions and Ideologies Toward the Outsider: The Other''. — Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''Saṁpradāya of Śrī Caitanya'' // Steven J. Rosen ''Vaiṣṇavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gauḍīya Tradition''. — New York: Folk Books, 1992. — pp. 127-140. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Religion And Religions'' // ''ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1993. — Vol. 1. — No. 1. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Modern Historical Consciousness: Its Cause and Cure. Part I: The Great Chain'' // ''ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1994. — Vol. 1. — No. 2. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Modern Historical Consciousness: Its Causes and Cure. Part II: The Breaking of the Chain'' // ''ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1995. — Vol. 3. — No. 1. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''A response to Daniel Acharuparambil, Hinduism in interreligious Dialogue, ICJ Vol. 4, No. 1'' // ''ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1996. — Vol. 4. — No. 2. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''The Devotee and the Deity: Living a Personalistic Theology'' // J. P. Waghorne, N. Cutler ''Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India''. — New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. — pp. 69-87. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''ISKCON and Varṇāśrama-Dharma: A Mission Unfulfilled'' // ''ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1999. — Vol. 7. — No. 1. — pp. 35-44. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Pillars of Success: The Principles and Practices of Reform in ISKCON'' // ''ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1999. — Vol. 7. — No. 2. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Restoring the Authority of the GBC'' // ''ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 2000. — Vol. 8. — No. 1. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Rādhā, Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya: The Inner Dialectic of the Divine Relativity'' // '' The Journal of Vaiṣṇava Studies''. — Folk Books, 2001. — Т. 10. — № 1. — pp. 5-26.
* William H. Deadwyler ''Cleaning House and Cleaning Hearts: Reform and Renewal in ISKCON'' // Edwin F. Bryant, Maria L. Ekstrand ''The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant''. — New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. — pp. 149-169. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''Bringing the Lord's Song to a Strange Land: Srila Prabhupada's Strategy of "Cultural Conquest" and Its Prospects'' // Graham Dwyer, Richard J. Cole ''The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change''. — London: I.B. Tauris, 2007. — pp. 103–120. — .

References

External links

The Official Website of Ravindra Svarupa

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