SCHOLARLY WORKS Ambedkar, B.R. “Appendix: Rama and Krishna,” in Riddle in Hinduism. 1995. Beck, Brenda. Hidden Paradigms: A South Indian Folk Epic Viewed Through Many Lenses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (forthcoming 2021). Bulcke, Kamil. Rām Kathā Utppatti Aur Vikās. (The Ram Story: Origin And Development.) De Clercq, Eva. 2009. “The Jaina Harivaṃśa and Mahābhārata Tradition– A Preliminary Survey.” In Parallels and Comparisons:…Continue Reading Teaching Epics in Diverse Contexts (Brian Pennington and Amy Allocco 2020)
Projects
Orientalism, Buddhism, and Religion- Racial Identities (Katherine Zubko 2020)
Cheah, Joseph. 2011. Race and Religion in American Buddhism. Oxford University Press. Gleig, Ann. 2019. American Dharma. New Haven: Yale University Press. Han, Chenxing. 2019. “The Invisible Majority” Lion’s Roar, (Sept 5). https://www.lionsroar.com/the-invisible-majority-2/ 2021. Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhism. New York: North Atlantic Books. Iwamura, Jane. 2011. Virtual Orientalism: Asian…Continue Reading Orientalism, Buddhism, and Religion- Racial Identities (Katherine Zubko 2020)
Buddhist Cave Art on the Silk Road (James Reich 2020)
Almond, Philip C. 1988. The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Andrews, Fred H., and Aurel Sir Stein. 1948. Wall Paintings From Ancient Shrines in Central Asia; Recovered by Sir Aurel Stein. London: Oxford University Press,. Bayly, C.A. 1996. Empire and Information: Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India, 1780-1870. Cambridge Studies in Indian History and…Continue Reading Buddhist Cave Art on the Silk Road (James Reich 2020)
Ayodhya and Babri Masjid (2020)
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] Ayodhya and Babri Masjid (Amy Allocco 2020) Books Babb, Lawrence A. 2019. Religion in India: Past and Present. Dunedin Academic Press. (last two chapters) Gandhi, Ramchandra. Sita’s Kitchen: A Testimony of…Continue Reading Ayodhya and Babri Masjid (2020)
Black Lives Matter (Summer 2020)
Articles and Books Achinger, Christine and Robert Fine, eds. Antisemitism, Racism and Islamophobia: Distorted Faces of Modernity. New York: Routledge, 2015. Ahmad, Dohra.Landscapes of Hope: Anti-Colonial Utopianism in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Allen, Chris. Islamophobia. New York: Routledge, 2010. Austin, Allan D. African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles. New York: Routledge, 1997. Bald, Vivek…Continue Reading Black Lives Matter (Summer 2020)
Surya (Raj Balkaran, Spring 2020)
Contributed by Raj Balkaran Arora, R. K. 1971. “The Magas Sun-Worship and the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa.” Purāṇa 13 (1): 47–76. Atkins, Samuel D. 1938. “A Vedic Hymn to the Sun-God Sūrya: (Translation and Exegesis of Rig-Veda 1. 115).” Journal of the American Oriental Society 58 (3): 419–34. Bain, F. W. 1906. The Descent of the Sun: A Cycle of Birth. London: James Parker. Balakrishnan,…Continue Reading Surya (Raj Balkaran, Spring 2020)
Vivekananda, Gandhi, and the RSS (Frederick M. Smith, Fall 2014)
[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=”4.0.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]Contributed by Frederick M. Smith, University of Iowa Several people have asked me off list to compile the sources reported and to summarize the very preliminary findings from my question last week regarding an apparent convergence between followers of Vivekananda, even Gandhi, and the RSS….Continue Reading Vivekananda, Gandhi, and the RSS (Frederick M. Smith, Fall 2014)
Novels Depicting Indian Life (Brian K. Pennington, Summer 2012)
[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=”4.0.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]Contributed by Brian K. Pennington, Maryville College Divakaruna, Chitra Banerjee. Sister of my Heart. Mukherjee, Bharati Mukherjee. Miss New India. Prakash, Uday. The Walls of Dehli. Translated by Jason Grunebaum Prakash, Uday. The Girl with the Golden Parasol. Translated by Jason Grunebaum Shyamala, Gogu. Father…Continue Reading Novels Depicting Indian Life (Brian K. Pennington, Summer 2012)
Avatara (Rembert Lutjeharms, Summer 2012)
[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=”4.0.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]Contributed by Rembert Lutjeharms, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Biardeau, Madeleine 1994: tudes de mythologie hindoue, tome II: bhakti et avatāra (Pondichry: EFEO). Coleman, Tracy. “Avatara” entry on Oxford Bibliographies Online: Hinduism. Couture, Andr 2001: “From Viṣṇus Deeds to Viṣṇus Play, or Observations on the…Continue Reading Avatara (Rembert Lutjeharms, Summer 2012)
Possession in the Hindu tradition (Matthew R. Sayers, Fall 2011)
[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=”4.0.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]Contributed by Matthew R. Sayers, Lebanon Valley College Aukland, Knut “The Cult of Nakoda Bhairava: Deity Worship and Possession in Jainism,” in Jaina Studies: Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies, issue #6 (March 2011), pp. 31-33. http://www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies/newsletter/file66850.pdf). Bellamy, Carla. The Powerful Ephemeral. University of…Continue Reading Possession in the Hindu tradition (Matthew R. Sayers, Fall 2011)