Joseph M. Kitagawa (ed.) with the collaboration of Mircea Eliade and Charles H. Long. The History of Religions. Pp. xii + 264. (Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 1967.) $6.95 net.

1969 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-308
Author(s):  
R. C. Zaehner
Keyword(s):  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Mircea Eliade ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

The Yogīs’ Latest Trick

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES MALLINSON
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Mircea Eliade ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Tantra Yoga

David Gordon White's wide-ranging scholarship on tantra, yoga and alchemy has inspired many students and scholars to undertake research in those fields. White worked as an assistant to Mircea Eliade and his doctorate from the University of Chicago was in History of Religions. His research methodology, true to this scholastic heritage, is not as deeply rooted in textual criticism as that of the current vanguard of scholars working on tantra and yoga, whose philological studies rarely reference his work. The accessibility of his books and articles, however, together with his engaging writing style and the excitement that imbues his scholarship, mean that indologists specialising in other fields, and authors addressing non-scholarly audiences, frequently draw on his publications. White's prominence in the study of yoga and tantra requires all scholars working on those subjects to address his work.

John W. Boyer, The University of Chicago: A History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015), 676pp. ISBN: 9780226242514

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger L. Geiger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Democratic Institution ◽  
American Universities ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

This chapter reviews the book The University of Chicago: A History (2015), by John W. Boyer. Founded in 1892, the University of Chicago is one of the world’s great institutions of higher learning. However, its past is also littered with myths, especially locally. Furthermore, the university has in significant ways been out of sync with the trends that have shaped other American universities. These issues and much else are examined by Boyer in the first modern history of the University of Chicago. Aside from rectifying myth, Boyer places the university in the broader history of American universities. He suggests that the early University of Chicago, in its combination of openness and quality, may have been the most democratic institution in American higher education. He also examines the reforms that overcame the chronic weaknesses that had plagued the university.

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