The Art of Living Foundation

Stephen Jacobs has a background in both Religious Studies and Media Studies. He is a senior lecturer in Media, Religion and Culture at the University of Wolverhampton. His main areas of interest are the interactions between religion and the media, and Hinduism in the contemporary context. His PhD thesis from the University of Wales Lampeter explored the impact of globalization on Hinduism. Recent publications include ’Virtually Sacred: The Performance of Asynchronous Cyber Rituals in Online Spaces’,The Journal of Computer Mediated Communication (2007); ’Communicating Hinduism in a Changing Media Context’, Religion Compass (2012); and a textbook, Hinduism Today (2010).

Introduction; Chapter 1 Locating Art of Living; Chapter 2 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and a Brief History of Art of Living; Chapter 3 Beliefs and Practices; Chapter 4 On Whose Authority?; Chapter 5 A One World Family; Chapter 101 Conclusion;