Christopher Key Chapple

Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. A specialist in the religions of India, he has published more than twenty books, including the recent Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas (SUNY Press, 2020). He serves as advisor to multiple organizations including: the Forum on Religion and Ecology (Yale); the...See more

Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. A specialist in the religions of India, he has published more than twenty books, including the recent Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas (SUNY Press, 2020). He serves as advisor to multiple organizations including: the Forum on Religion and Ecology (Yale); the Ahimsa Center (Pomona); the Dharma Academy of North America (Berkeley); the Jain Studies Centre (SOAS, London); the South Asian Studies Association; and International School for Jain Studies (New Delhi). He teaches online through the Center for Religion and Spirituality (LMU) and YogaGlo. Recent book: http: //www.sunypress.edu/p-6860- living -landscapes. aspx. See less