Graham M. Schweig is Professor of Religious Studies

Religious studies

Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...

 http://philosophy.cnu.edu/schweig.html and Director of the Asian Studies

Indology

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 program http://philosophy.cnu.edu/programs.html at Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University

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. He is a regularly invited lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC., and was Visiting Associate Professor of Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 at the University of Virginia. He earned his doctorate in Comparative Religion

Comparative religion

Comparative religion is a field of religious studies that analyzes the similarities and differences of themes, myths, rituals and concepts among the world's religions...

 from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 and has contributed articles to numerous journals and books in the field. His book, Dance of Divine Love: India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

's Classic Sacred Love Story: The Rasa Lila

Rasa lila

The Rasa lila or Rasa dance is part of the traditional story of Krishna described in Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana and literature such as the Gita Govinda, where he dances with Radha and her sakhis...

 of Krishna

Krishna

Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...

http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7974.html (Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

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, 2005) presents an introduction to, comprehensive treatment and translation of the Bhagavata Purana

Bhagavata purana

The Bhāgavata Purāṇa is one of the "Maha" Puranic texts of Hindu literature, with its primary focus on bhakti to the incarnations of Vishnu, particularly Krishna...

's five chapters on the Rasa Dance of Krishna with the cowherd maidens of Vraja. His most recent work is an introduction to, translation and interpretation of the Bhagavad-gita, entitled Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Song (Harper One / Harper Collins Publishers, 2007).