Steven J. Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa) is a biographer, scholar and author in the fields of philosophy, Indic religion, and comparative spirituality. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies and associate editor of Back to Godhead magazine. His thirty-plus books include Essential Hinduism (Rowman & Littlefield); Yoga of Kirtan: Conversations on the Sacred Art of Chanting (FOLK Books);  Krishna's Other Song: A New Look at the Uddhava Gita (Praeger-Greenwood); and

Sri Chaitanya's Life and Teachings: The Golden Avatara of Divine Love (Lexington Books).