Vaishnavism 2 - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

A Contemporary Scholarly Survey ofRadha-Krishna DevotionSeveral years ago, I read Vaishnavism:Contemporary Scholars Discuss the GaudiyaTradition, Folk Books, 1992 edited by Steven J.Rosen, foreword by Edward C. Dimock, Jr.. Ibenefited from it, and wrote an essay inresponse that I published on my website. Ireread the essay in 2013 to prepare it for abook of my collected writings, and it does anexcellent job of showing the solid theologicalbackground of Universalist Radha-Krishnaismfrom a traditional Chaitanya Vaishnavperspective.I published it on my stevebohlert.com site,but when my devotional writings migratedfrom there to here, it doesn’t seem to havemade it, or at least I can’t find it. I amrepublishing a reedited, updated edition as afree pdf download, since it is forty-two pagesand can be read on a variety of readers at yourconvenience.Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa, a disciple of A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami) interviewed scholarswith expertise in different areas of the fieldand put together a comprehensive survey ofthe Chaitanya Vaishnav tradition. I commenton some of the most pertinent points:2