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Jon Keune |
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Biography
Jon Keune is a Ph.D. student in the South Asia subfield of the Religion
department. His prior education includes a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy
from St. Olaf College (1997) and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological
Seminary (2002). His general area of interest is historical hermeneutics --
how people translate ideas and language across time, social contexts and
traditions. Jon specializes in west-central India and Marathi
devotional/philosophical traditions, particularly Eknath of Paithan (16th
century). His working languages to date are Marathi and German, and he is
studying Sanskrit and Kannada. Jon also is interested in the history of
inter-religious encounter, especially Hindu-Christian, and its effects in
both India and the western world.
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