Projects

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]Compiled by Kelly Pemberton from submissions to RISA-L (November 15, 1999). Farid Esack, On Being a Muslim: Finding a Religious Path in the World Today (Oxford: Oneworld, 1999) Farid Esack, Qur’an, Liberation & Pluralism: An Islamic Perspective of Interreligious Solidarity Against Oppression (Oxford: Oneworld, 1996)…Continue Reading African Islam (Kelly Pemberton, 11/15/99)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]Compiled by Tracy Coleman from RISA-L discussions. Biardeau, Madeleine. 1990. Hinduism: The Anthropology of a Civilization. New York: Oxford University Press. [Here she formulate her theory of indian culture as ‘antropology of desire’. Please ceck the index under, kama, desire, etc. of the original edition…Continue Reading Desire (Tracey Coleman, 11/13/99)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]Compiled by Lance Nelson, with suggestions from RISA-L subcribers, including many from Prof. Steven P. Hopkins. Alston, A. J. The Devotional Poems of Mirabai. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980. Archer, W. G. 1957. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry. New York: Macmillan. Archer,…Continue Reading Love in Classical and Medieval India (Lance Nelson, 11/12/99)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]Compiled by Ann Grodzins Gold from RISA-L discussions. Babb, Lawrence A. and Susan S. Wadley, eds. 1995. Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Bhattacharya, Rinki 1985. “Portrayals of Women in Indian Cinema.” In Indian Films Today: An…Continue Reading Women, Families, and Gender Roles in Indian Media (Ann Grodzins Gold, 11/3/99)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]Compiled by Arti Dhand from submissions to RISA-L (November 5, 1999). Mulk Raj Anand. Gauri. Anita Badami. Tamarind Mem. Kalpana Bardhan, trans. Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels. Vikram Chandra. Love and Longing in Bombay. _____. Red Earth and Pouring Rain. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Anadamath. Saratchandra…Continue Reading Novels Dealing with Hindu Themes (Arti Dhand, 11/5/99)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]Compiled by Lance Nelson, with many suggestions from RISA-L subcribers. Thanks especially to Jack Hawley and Nancy Martin. Alston, A. J. 1980. The Devotional Poems of Mirabai. 1st ed. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. [Instructive for its range and for its attempt to render the literal meaning,…Continue Reading Mirabai (Lance Nelson, 5/31/99)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]Compiled by Deepak Sarma from RISA-L discussions. Dasgupta, Shamita Das (ed.). A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers U. Pr, 1998). Ratti, Rakesh (ed). A Lotus of Another Color: An Unfolding of the South Asian Gay and Lesbian…Continue Reading Homosexuality in the Indian American Community (Deepak Sarma, 4/5/99)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.3″ hover_enabled=”0″]*International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a.k.a. the Hare Krishna movement. Compiled by Lance Nelson from postings on RISA-L, December 1997. Bhaktivedanta Swami, A. C., and Bob Cohen. 1983. Perfect Questions and Perfect Answers. New York: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. [An engaging series of discussions between…Continue Reading ISKCON, a.k.a the Hare Krishna Movement (Lance Nelson, 12/97)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.2″ hover_enabled=”0″] [The following bibliography was submitted by Prof. Parpola, who reviewed the RISA-L discussion and bibliography on the Aryan migration controversy and reported that many of the references to his publications “are at best marginal as far as this topic is concerned, while many of…Continue Reading Additions to “Aryan Controversy” Bibliography (Asko Parpola, 11/21/96)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.0.2″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”4.0.2″ hover_enabled=”0″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.2″ hover_enabled=”0″] Compiled from fall 1996 discussion on RISA-L, electronic discussion listfor the American Academy of Religion’s Religion in South Asia Section. Somecomments from the List discussion are included. This biblio isn’t perfect,in either form or content. It is occasionally updated, with newinformation or corrections….Continue Reading On Indus Civ., Aryans, Ancient Indian History/Archeology (Linda Hess, 12/2/96)