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″]Contributed by Cassie Adcock, Washington University in St. Louis Recommendations for a course on South Asian traditions in practice that would explore ritual, perfomance, and traditions of self-cultivation. For theoretical approaches on rituals in general, Bell, Catherine, Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. New York: Oxford University…Continue Reading Ritual/Performance/Practice (Cassie Adcock, Fall 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University Brockington’s Epic Threads (p. 218-264) Doniger, Wendy (2002) “Shadows of the Ramayana.” In The Epic Voice, ed. by Alan D. Hodder and Robert Emmet Meagher. Greenwood Press. Goldman, Robert (1984) The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of…Continue Reading Rama’s Humanity and Divinity (Deepak Sarma, Fall 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Timothy Dobe, Grinnell College Branch, Tayler. Parting the Waters (Simon and Schuster, 1989). Includes information on MLK, but also on earlier African-American interactions with Gandhi. Carson, Clayborn, Tenisha Armstrong, et al, eds. `The Threshold of a New Decade,` Vol. 5 of the MLK…Continue Reading Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Timothy Dobe, Fall 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Kama Maclean, University of New South Wales Many thanks for the suggestions for basic readings on Hindu iconography. Below is an assembled list. Banerjea, J.N. The Development of Hindu Iconography New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal, 1974. Blurton, T. Richard Hindu art, Cambridge, Mass….Continue Reading Hindu Iconography (Kama Maclean, Summer 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Joseph Schaller, Nazareth College Thanks to those who responded to my query regarding films dealing with Dr. Ambedkar and Neo-Buddhism, and by extension films about Indian politics. Following is the list of suggestions in this context for others who might be interested. Jabbar…Continue Reading Films on Ambedkar and Indian Political Leaders (Joseph Schaller, Summer 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Chad Bauman, Butler University Books Set in India/Written by Indian authors 1. Pratibha Ray’s Yajnaseni (Mahabharata retold through eyes of Draupadi by an Oriyan authoress) 2. Mahasweta Devi’s short story The Wet Nurse (set in Calcutta) 3. Lalithambika Antherjanams, Cast Me Out If…Continue Reading Religion and Gender in Indian Novels and Films (Chad Bauman, Summer 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Jennifer B. Saunders, Denison University NB These items do not include what appears in the “Religion and Music in South Asia” bibliography in the RISA archives. Singer, Milton. “The Radha-Krishna Bhajanas of Madras City.” in Krishna: Myths, Rites, and Attitudes, edited by Milton…Continue Reading Bhajans (Jennifer Saunders, Summer 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Joseph Schaller, Nazareth College (I cannot vouch for all of them, not having had the opportunity to meet the persons in charge, but at least it is a start.) India Art Protection Society, Gujarat (Kutch dist.; works to preserve and foster traditional art/artists)…Continue Reading Volunteer Opportunities (Joseph Schaller, Summer 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Tim Cahill, Loyola University Defouw, Hart and Robert Svoboda. Light on life: an introduction to the astrology of India. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1996. Pp. xxv, 438. Includes bibliographical references (p. [420]-422) and index. ISBN: 0140195076 Evans, Robert. “The Glance of Sani: Aspects…Continue Reading jyotiSa (Tim Cahill, Summer 2007)

[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″]Contributed by Krisztina Danka, Bhaktivedanta College, Budapest Charles Adams piece in the first edition of Eliades (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religions Philip C. Almond, The British Discovery of Buddhism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988) Talal Asad, Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity…Continue Reading Categories of Religion (Krisztina Danka, Spring 2007)