Hinduism

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As one of the world’s largest religions, Hinduism has become an increasingly important area of study today. Hinduism is related to all the major continuing and connected religions of India. About 80 per cent of India’s massive population regard themselves as Hindu, and there are approximately 30 million Hindus outside of India. The study of Hinduism is diverse—it combines religion, philosophy, history, and textual studies, as well as informing a variety of comparative studies. Because the field comprises so many varied aspects, research and scholarship is wide-reaching in its response to different interpretations. Much of this work has moved online so that students and researchers have ready access to key primary source texts and a range of other electronic resources. Rather than sifting through these ever-expanding mountains of information that may or may not yield relevant results, students and researchers alike can rely on Oxford Bibliographies in Hinduism to offer a reliable, up-to-date, and authoritative guide to the best literature in the field.

 

Editor in Chief

Tracy Coleman is David Packard Professor and Chair in the Department of Religion at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, where she has taught since 2001. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Brown University, an MTS from Harvard Divinity School, and an MA in French from Middlebury College. She is a scholar of Hinduism and its traditions of bhakti, especially Krishna-bhakti in the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas, and her teaching and research address issues of women, men, and gender in religion and society. She has published articles in these fields, and also on dharma traditions in Hinduism and Buddhism, exploring the genre of sacred biography wherein competing conceptions of dharma are linked to heroic male figures such as Krishna and the Buddha who represent embodiments of truth and authority in socio-religious life.

 

 

AREA EDITORS

University of South Florida
Michigan State University
The Open University
King's College London
Elon University
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
 

ADVISOR AND FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF

George Washington University
 

FORMER STANDING EDITORIAL BOARD

Hunter College, CUNY
Freie Universität Berlin
Middlebury College
Middlebury College
Stony Brook University
 

FOUNDING EDITORIAL BOARD

La Trobe University
Leiden University
Cardiff University
Loyola Marymount University
Colorado College
(1948-2022)
University of California, Berkeley
Cardiff University
Centre for International Studies and Research, SciencesPo
Boston University
Washington and Lee University
Middlebury College
Siena College
University of California Santa Barbara

 

Academic Study of Hinduism

John Stratton Hawley
Barnard College
Laurie Patton
Emory University
Robert A. Yelle
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Joydeep Bagchee
Freie Universität Berlin
Lorenz Trein
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Joydeep Bagchee
Freie Universität Berlin
Silvia D'Intino
CNRS - National Center for Scientific Research
Will Sweetman
University of Otago
Brian Hatcher
Tufts University
Victor van Bijlert
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Imre Bangha
University of Oxford
Catherine Clementin-Ojha
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Edeltraud Harzer
University of Texas at Austin

 

Art and Architecture

Adam Hardy
Cardiff University
Chandreyi Basu
St. Lawrence University

 

Bhakti Traditions

Archana Venkatesan
University of California, Davis
Archana Venkatesan
University of California, Davis
Tracy Coleman
Colorado College
Arun W. Jones
Emory University
Ferdinando Sardella
Stockholm University
Tony K. Stewart
Vanderbilt University
Jon Keune
Michigan State University
Ravi M. Gupta
Utah State University
Elaine Craddock
Southwestern University
David Buchta
Brown University
Vinay Dharwadkar
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Elaine Craddock
Southwestern University
Graham M. Schweig
Christopher Newport University
Robert Zydenbos
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Leah Comeau
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Nancy M. Martin
Chapman University
Catherine Clémentin-Ojha
Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
Tyler Williams
The University of Chicago
Erik Reenberg Sand
University of Copenhagen
Guy Beck
Tulane University
Daniela Bevilacqua
SOAS, University of London
Peter Friedlander
Australian National University
Rembert Lutjeharms
University of Oxford
Emilia Bachrach
Oberlin College
Ginni Ishimatsu
University of Denver
Peter Bisschop
Universiteit Leiden
June McDaniel
College of Charleston
George Pati
Valparaiso University
John Stratton Hawley
Barnard College
Avni Chag
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bhakti Mamtora
University of Arizona
Shandip Saha
Athabasca University
R. Blake Michael
Ohio Wesleyan University

 

Deities

Ellen Goldberg
Queen's University
Tracy Coleman
Colorado College
Elizabeth Chalier-Visuvalingam
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Danielle Feller
Université de Lausanne
Chiara Policardi
Antonio Rigopoulos
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Danielle Feller
Université de Lausanne
Bihani Sarkar
University of Oxford
Greg Bailey
La Trobe University
Perundevi Srinivasan
Claremont-McKenna College
Jeremy Saul
Mahidol University
Shaswat Panda
North Orissa University
Noor van Brussel
Universiteit Gent
Marianne Pasty-Abdul Wahid
Paolo E. Rosati
Tracy Coleman
Colorado College
Benjamin J. Fleming
University of Pennsylvania
Perundevi Srinivasan
Claremont-McKenna College
Ellen Goldberg
Queen's University
Heidi Pauwels
University of Washington
Brian Collins
Ohio University
Peter Bisschop
Universiteit Leiden
Antonio Rigopoulos
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Benjamin J. Fleming
University of Pennsylvania
Sally J. Sutherland Goldman
University of California at Berkeley
Greg Bailey
La Trobe University
Herman Tull
Princeton University
Sucharita Adluri
Cleveland State University

 

Diaspora and Global Hinduism

Frank Korom
Boston University
Sherry-Ann Singh
Danalee Jahgoo
Alexander Rocklin
Willamette University
Knut Axel Jacobsen
University of Bergen
Juli Gittinger
Georgia College
Pratap Penumala
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger
Aarhus Universitet
Jennifer B. Saunders
Fairfield University
Jürgen Schaflechner
University of Heidelberg
Elizabeth Fuller Collins
Ohio University
Demelza Jones
University of Gloucestershire
Kenneth Valpey
University of Oxford
Gwilym Beckerlegge
The Open University

 

Geography and Ecology

Lavanya Vemsani
Shawnee State University
Hugh Urban
The Ohio State University
Christopher Key Chapple
Loyola Marymount University
Pankaj Jain
FLAME University
Monika Horstmann
University of Heidelberg
Kelly D. Alley
Auburn University
Georgina Drew
University of Adelaide
Alf Hiltebeitel
The George Washington University
Rebecca Manring
Indiana university Bloomington
Neelima Shukla-Batt
Wellesley College
Manu Devadevan
Aniket De
John Nemec
University of Virginia
George Pati
Valparaiso University
Deonnie Moodie
The University of Oklahoma
Vinay Kumar Gupta
Jyotirmaya Tripathy
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Uwe Skoda
Aarhus Universitet
Animesh Mohapatra
Jatindra Kumar Nayak
Albertina Nugteren
Tilburg University
Alexander M. Dubyanskiy
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Archana Venkatesan
University of California, Davis
Drew Thomases
San Diego State University
Joanne Punzo Waghorne
Syracuse University
Vinay Kumar Gupta
Ron Geaves
Cardiff University

 

Historical Periods

Sandeep Banerjee
McGill University
Atreyee Majumder
India University, Bengaluru
Meera Visvanathan
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Upal Chakrabarti
Shandip Saha
Athabasca University
Asko Parpola
University of Helsinki
Daniel Jasper
Moravian College

 

Interfaith Relations and Comparative Religions

Deepra Dandekar
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
Ankur Barua
University of Cambridge
Greg Bailey
La Trobe University
Chad Bauman
Butler University
Arun W. Jones
Emory University
Brian Pennington
Maryville College
Joseph Prabhakar Dayam
United Theological College
Michelle Voss Roberts
Wake Forest University
Peter Gottschalk
Wesleyan University
Jonathan Geen
King's University College at Western University · Canada
Alexis Pinchard
Lycée Militaire d'Aix-en-Provence
Christopher Key Chapple
Loyola Marymount University
Karline McLain
Bucknell University
Michael Hawley
Mount Royal University
Susan Prill
Juniata College
Pashaura Singh
University of California, Riverside

 

Language and Linguistics

Saraju Rath
International Institute for Asian Studies
George Cardona
University of Pennsylvania

 

Modernity and Politics

Kathryn S. Freeman
University of Miami
Sukeshi Kamra
Carleton University
Amiya P. Sen
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Sumathi Ramaswamy
Duke University
Tamasin Ramsay
University of Melbourne
Deonnie Moodie
The University of Oklahoma
Rajeshwari Deshpande
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Suhas Palshikar
Andrea Diem
Mount San Antonio College
Donald R. Davis
University of Texas at Austin
Amiya P. Sen
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Veena Howard
California State University, Fresno
Haimanti Roy
University of Dayton
Christophe Jaffrelot
Centre for International Studies and Research
Mark Juergensmeyer
University of California, Santa Barbara
David Christopher Lane
Mount San Antonio College
Narasingha P. Sil
Western Oregon University
Polly Hazarika
S.N.D.T. Women's University, University Mumbai
Amiya P. Sen
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Paul B. Courtright
Emory University
Amiya P. Sen
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Manjari Katju
University of Hyderabad
Douglas McGetchin
Florida Atlantic University

 

Music, Dance, and Film

Kristin Hanssen
Katherine Zubko
University of North Carolina Asheville
Eben Graves
Yale University
William Elison
Dartmouth College
Preeti Bahadur Ramaswami
Ashoka University
Haripriya Narasimhan
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Indira Arumugam
National University of Singapore

 

Philosophical Schools and Concepts

David Lawrence
University of North Dakota
Johannes Quack
University of Zurich
Stefan Binder
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Sangeetha Menon
Indian Institute of Science
Alf Hiltebeitel
The George Washington University
Luis González-Reimann
University of California, Berkeley
Matthew R. Dasti
Bridgewater State University
Malcolm Keating
Yale-NUS College
Amod Lele
Boston University
Shyam Ranganathan
York University
Herman Tull
Princeton University
Sundar Sarukkai
Manipal University
Deepak Sarma
Case Western Reserve University
Ariel Glucklich
Georgetown University
Marco Ferrante
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Martin Ganeri
Heythrop College, University of London
Mikel Burley
University of Leeds
Reid B. Locklin
University of Toronto
Matthew R. Dasti
Bridgewater State University
Glen Alexander Hayes
Bloomfield College
ShashiPrabha Kumar
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Vishwa Adluri
Hunter College, City University of New York

 

Ritual and Practice

Ariel Glucklich
Georgetown University
Amanda Lucia
University of California, Riverside
Timothy Lubin
Washington and Lee University
Benjamin J. Fleming
University of Pennsylvania
Traian Penciuc
University of Arts Targu-Mures
Mikael Aktor
Syddansk Universitet
Caleb Simmons
The University of Arizona
James Lochtefeld
Carthage College
James Lochtefeld
Carthage College
Frank Korom
Boston University
Frederick M. Smith
University of Iowa
Lynn Foulston
University of South Wales
Axel Michaels
Heidelberg University
Liz Wilson
Miami University
Maciej Karasiñski
Hainan University
Gavin Flood
University of Oxford
Francesco Brighenti
Asko Parpola
University of Helsinki
Knut Axel Jacobsen
University of Bergen
Ute Hüsken
Heidelberg University
Aditya Malik
Nalanda University
Chandan Bose
University of Canterbury
Tuhina Ganguly
University of Canterbury

 

Science, Mathematics, and Medicine

Martin Gansten
Kim Plofker
Union College
Klaus Klostermaier
University of Manitoba
Dominik Wujastyk
Universität Wien
Patricia Sauthoff
University of Alberta
Gavin Flood
University of Oxford

 

Societal Organization and Social Relations

Timothy Lubin
Washington and Lee University
Christophe Jaffrelot
Centre for International Studies and Research
Nita Kumar
Claremont McKenna College
Joel Lee
Williams College
Kripanand Roy Komanapalli
Columbia University
Alf Hiltebeitel
The George Washington University
Nita Kumar
Claremont McKenna College
Anna Pokazanyeva
University of California at Santa Barbara
Ruth Vanita
University of Montana
Lynn Thomas
Roehampton University
Ruth Vanita
University of Montana
Kashish Dua
Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi
Lindsey Harlan
Connecticut College
David Rudner
University of California, Los Angeles
Usha Menon
Drexel University
Greg Bailey
La Trobe University
Perundevi Srinivasan
Claremont-McKenna College

 

Texts, Textual Genres, Epigraphy, and Oral Traditions

Timothy Cahill
Loyola University New Orleans
Karline McLain
Bucknell University
Timothy Lubin
Washington and Lee University
Carlos Lopez
University of South Florida
Simon Brodbeck
Cardiff University
Sanjay Palshikar
University of Hyderabad
Gangeya Mukherji
Shyam Ranganathan
York University
Raj Balkaran
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Emily T. Hudson
Boston University
Simon Brodbeck
Cardiff University
Diana Dimitrova
University of Montreal
Adam Bowles
The University of Queensland
Jesse Knutson
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Lee Siegel
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Timothy Cahill
Loyola University New Orleans
Simon Brodbeck
Cardiff University
Pamela Lothspeich
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick Olivelle
The University of Texas at Austin
Natalia Lidova
Russian Academy of Sciences
Greg Bailey
La Trobe University
Simon Brodbeck
Cardiff University
Mandakranta Bose
University of British Columbia
Jarrod L. Whitaker
Wake Forest University
Laurie Patton
Emory University
Michael Witzel
Harvard University
Marion Rastelli
Finnian M.M. Gerety
Brown University
Aditya Malik
Nalanda University

 

Yoga

Patricia Sauthoff
University of Alberta
Olga Real-Najarro
Madrid Regional Government
Michael Stoeber
University of Toronto
Shameem Black
Lubomir Ondračka
Charles University in Prague
David Gordon White
University of California, Santa Barbara
Patrick D'Silva
Adrián Muñoz
El Colegio de México
Anya Foxen
Magdalena Kraler
University of Vienna
Shameem Black
David Gordon White
University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrea Acri
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Sucharita Adluri
Cleveland State University
Shaman Hatley
University of Massachusetts Boston
 

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