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David N. Lorenzen (El Colegio de México, México)

Dr. Lorenzen is a specialist in South Asian religious movements. From 1970 to 2010, he was a staff researcher at El Colegio de México, where he is currently Professor Emeritus. He is the author of numerous publications on both ancient and pre-modern India, including The Kāpālikas and Kālāmukhas: Two Lost Śaivite Sects (University of California Press, 1972), Praises to a Formless God: Nirguṇī Texts From North India (SUNY, 1996), The Scourge of The Mission: Marco della Tomba in Hindustan (Yoda Press, 2010) and Yogi Heroes and Poets: Histories and Legends of the Naths (SUNY, 2011), which he co-edited with Adrian Muñoz.

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Suzanne Newcombe (Open University, UK)

Dr. Newcombe is dedicated to the sociology of religion, with special emphasis on minorities and new religious movements, as well as the relationship between religion, yoga and health. She is the author of Yoga in Britain. Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis (Equinox, 2019) and, with Karen O'Brien-Kop, co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies (2021). She is also founding editor of the Journal for Yoga Studies and the site Modern Yoga Research.

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Raphael Voix (French National Center for Scientific Research - EHESS, France)

Dr. Voix is an ethnologist who has specialized in various aspects of asceticism and modern yoga, as well as in the relationship between violence and religious movements. He has extensive fieldwork in West Bengal. He has published numerous articles and co-edited the book Filing Religion: State, Hinduism and Courts of Law (Oxford, 2016). He is a member of the Modern Yoga Research.

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