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 John Cort Original prompt: A colleague who is not a South Asianist is preparing a course on religious justifications for and uses of violence. Much of the course focuses on Europe & America, but they want to include some materials from Indic religions….Continue Reading Religious Justifications for and Uses of Violence (John Cort, Summer 2005)

[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 Linda Hess This is a non-alphabetical, chaotic compilation of info that came in response to my RISA query regarding Islamic nationalist or fundamentalist movements in S. Asia comparable to Hindutva & Hindu nationalism. Short annotations included, long commentaries omitted. Ayesha Jalal, Self and…Continue Reading Islamic nationalist for “fundamentalist” movements (Linda Hess, Spring 2005)

[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 Ginni Ishimatsu Many thanks to Mark Elmore, Doug Berger and everyone else for the great references. Babb, Lawrence. “Glancing: Visual Interaction in Hinduism.” Journal of Anthropological Research 37 (1981): 387-401. Babb, Lawrence A., Susan S. Wadley, Joint Committee on South Asia, and American…Continue Reading Darsan (Ginni Ishimatsu, Spring 2005)

[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 Mishima, Runaway Horses Chaudhuri, Nirad C. Hinduism: A Religion to Live By Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, _To Whom She Will_.Fireside; 1st Fireside edition 1989. Karan Singh, Mountain of Shiva Anees Jung. _Night of the New Moon. Encounters with Muslim Women in India._…Continue Reading Novels/Ethnographies (for Asian Religions Intro) (Tracy Pintchman, Winter 2005)

[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 Gregory P. Grieve Buhnemann, Gudrun. Mandalas and Yantras in the Hindu Traditions. Lieden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2003. Brauen, Martin. The Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism. Translated by Martin Wilson, with photographs by Peter Nebel and Doro Roethlisberger. Boston: Shambhala, 1997. Davidson, Ron….Continue Reading Mandalas (Gregory P. Grieve, Winter 2005)

[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 Robin Rinehart Paul Bowlby (1991). Kings without authority: the obligation of the ruler to gamble in the Mahabharata. Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses 20, pp. 3-17. Harry Falk, Bruderschaft und Wurfelspiel: Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des vedischen Opfers. Freiburg: Hedwig Falk.1986. Luis Gonzlez-Reimann…Continue Reading Gambling (Robin Rinehart, Winter 2005)

[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 Shyam Ranganathan Davis, Donald R. Jr. (forthcoming). “Being Hindu or Being Human: A Reappraisal of the Purusarthas”. International Journal of Hindu Studies. [Contains several discussions of the Purusarthas in both Buddhist and Jain literature—in addition to classic Hindu references] Halbfass, Wilhelm (1994). Menschsein…Continue Reading Purusartha (Shyam Ranganathan, Fall 2004)

[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 Neelima Shukla-Bhatt India Articles by Lochtefeld, Smith and Juergensmeyer in vol. 26 (1996) of the Journal – Religion. They give a perspective on the scholarly debate over how to interpret Hindutva. David Ludden, Contesting the Nation (alternately titled Making India Hindu) Uni. of…Continue Reading Religious Nationalism in South Asia (Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Fall 2004)

[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 John Cort 1. There is a wonderful book called “Preyo Bhakti Rasaarnava,” which basically consists of Bengali poetry with numerous Sanskrit quotations, written by one Nayananda Thakur in 1731 CE. It is a detailed theological account of Krishna’s relation to the cowherds of…Continue Reading Sakhya (John Cort, Fall 2004)

[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 John Cort The following four entries were in response to a request for titles of novels, short stories, and autobiographical writings on the cultural shaping of gender roles in South Asia, September 2004. 1. My mind went to a section of Nirad Chaudhuri’s…Continue Reading Cultural Creation of Gender Identity (John Cort, Fall 2004)