Christopher Key Chapple

Christopher Key Chapple

Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and director the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He has published several books, including Karma and Creativity (1986), a co-translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (1991), Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions (1993), Hinduism and Ecology (2000), a co-edited volume, Jainism and Ecology: Nonviolence in the Web of Life (2002), and Reconciling Yogas (2003). Dr. Chapple serves on several advisory boards, including the Green Yoga Association (Oakland), the Ahimsa Center (Pomona), and the Forum on Religion and Ecology (Yale).