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 Andrew Fort, Texas Christian University Texts recommended for research on Sacred Dining M. Milner, Jr., _Status and Sacredness_ (OUP, 1994) G. G. Raheja, _The Poison in the Gift_ (Chicago, 1988) Sered, Susan Starr, Women as Ritual Experts: The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish…Continue Reading Sacred Dining (Andrew Fort, Spring 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 Jarrod L. Whitaker, Wake Forest University AAs requested, here is the bibliography specifically on Asceticism in the Epics. Once again thanks to everyone for all the sources, whether listed below or not. If you would like the entire bibliography, which contains material on…Continue Reading Asceticism in the Epics (Jarrod Whitaker, Spring 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 Suzanne Newcombe, University of Cambridge Note: While not completely comprehensive (especially in regards to devotional sources) this provides a good orientation to Sai Baba. Devotional Sources There are a number of propaganda films at http://www.saibabafilms.com/ which help put Sai Baba in the India…Continue Reading Sai Baba (Suzanne Newcombe, Fall 2006)

[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: Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University Original prompt: “if you were putting one literary work from India (in English or available in English translation) on a list of the world’s great literature about religion (it doesn’t have to be exclusively about religion, but should…Continue Reading Adding One Work of Indian Lit in English (Amir Hussain, Fall 2006)

[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 Robert Menzies Achaya, K.T. Indian Food: A Historical Companion. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998, 53-72. Beckerlegge, Gwilym. Swami Vivekananda and Seva: Taking ‘Social Service’ Seriously. In Swami Vivekananda and the Modernization of Hinduism, ed. William Radice. 158-193. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. Bellamy,…Continue Reading Diets and Deities: Food in South Asia (Robert Menzies, Spring 2006)

[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 Eliza Kent, Colgate University Agarwal, Priya. Passage from India: Post 1965 Indian Immigrants and their Children; Conflicts, Concerns and Solutions. Palos Verdes, CA: Yuvati Publications, 1991. Baumann, Martin. 1995. “Conceptualizing Diaspora: The Preservation of Religious Identity in Foreign Parts, Exemplified by Hindu Communities…Continue Reading Intergenerational Issues in the Hindu Diaspora (Eliza Kent, Spring 2006)

[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 Pintchman, Loyola University Chicago Eleanor Zelliot’s chapter on caste in __Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice,_ edited by Robin Rinehart (ABC-CLIO 2004) Harper, Edward. “Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion.” In _Religion in South Asia_. Edward Harper (ed.) Seattle:…Continue Reading Varna/Jati in an Intro to Hinduism Course (Tracy Pintchman, Spring 2006)

[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, University of San Diego GENERAL Jones, Lindsay, ed. 2005. Encyclopedia of Religion. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. [look up yoga, hatha yoga, kundalini, siddhis, etc. There’s an index in the final volume] Burley, Mikel. 2000. Hatha Yoga: Its Context, Theory and Practice….Continue Reading Hatha Yoga (Lance Nelson, Spring 2006)

[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″]By Matthew Sayers, University of Texas at Austin Bana, H.R. Dokhmenashini and Khurshed Nagirashni: Mode of Disposal of the Dead Body of a Parsi Zoroastrian. Bombay: Dadar Jashan Commitee and Baug-e-Iranshan Joint Publication. [GT 3276 D658] Becker, Carl B. 1993. Breaking the Circle: Death and…Continue Reading Death and Dying in Indian Religions (Matthew Sayers, Winter 2006)

[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″]By J. E. Llewellyn, Missouri State University Aktor, Mikael. Ritualization and Segregation: The Untouchability Complex in the Scholarly Indian Lliterature on Dharma with Special Reference to Parasarasmrti and Parasaramadhaviya. Ph.D. dissertation. Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, 1997. Unpublished but can be loaned through interlibrary loan from…Continue Reading Origins, History, and Present Practice of Untouchability (J. E. Llewellyn, Fall 2005)