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Can yoga be Christian?

  • Written by Andrea Jain, Associate Professor of Religion, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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Invocations of Jesus, images of the cross and biblical scripture are unlikely to be what we envision when we think of yoga.

Yoga is typically seen as either a Hindu practice or, more recently and popularly, “spiritual but not religious” or, even more commonly, a form of wellness or fitness.

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