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Beatrice Reusch, University of California, Berkeley, Presiding
Theme: The Indigenous Aryan Debate: Evidence and Evocation
George Thompson, Montserrat College of Art,
On the Role of Mantras in the Aryan MigrationEdwin F. Bryant, Columbia University,
The Indigenous Aryan School of HistoryFrederick M. Smith, University of Iowa,
The Indus Valley and the Rgveda: Ideologies of Decipherment in Puranic and Modern ThoughtMadhav Deshpande, University of Michigan,
Clashing Reconstructions of History: Aryan and Non-Aryan in Nineteenth Century Maharashtra
Respondent: Laurie L. Patton, Emory University
Paul Younger, McMaster University, Presiding
Theme: Popular Christianity in India and the Elusiveness of Identity
Selva J. Raj, Albion College,
The Ganges, the Jordan, and the Mountain: The Three Strands of Santal Popular Catholicism
Joanne Punzo Waghorne, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Chariots of the God/s: Riding the Line between Hindu and ChristianM. Thomas Thangaraj, Emory University,
The Dynamics of Difference in Tamil Protestant ChristianityCorinne Dempsey, Syracuse University,
Snakes, Colonizers, and the Study of Christianity in Kerala: St. George to the Rescue!Respondent: Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
3. Sun. Nov. 23 3:45-5:45 PM (A141)
David L. Haberman, Indiana University, Presiding
Theme: Recent Theory Wars in the Study of South Asian Religions: An Open Discussion
Panelists:
Andrew Fort, Texas Christian University
Aditya Behl, University of California, Berkeley
Laurie Patton, Emory University
Purushottama Bilmoria, Deakin University, AustraliaRespondents: Everyone present
Business Meeting: Sun. Nov. 23 5:45-6:15 PM
Kathleen Erndl, Florida State University, Presiding
Christopher Key Chapple, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding
Theme: Recent Studies of the Jains
Thomas Young, University of Michigan,
Towards an Appreciation of Jain Views on Indian PhilosophyKristi L. Wiley, University of California, Berkeley,
New Perspectives on Karma in JainismM. Whitney Kelting, Independent Scholar,
Jain Devotional Singing and the Reconstruction of Grace in Contemporary JainismSteven D. Heim, University of Chicago,
Lay Patronage in Jainism: The Medieval ReconfigurationRespondent: John E. Cort, Denison University
Frank Reynolds, University of Chicago, Presiding
Theme: Religion, Healing, and Discourse in India: Ethnographic Approaches
Daniel Cohen, University of Virginia,
Singing About Ghosts: Improvisation, Diagnosis, and HealingMathew N. Schmalz, University of Chicago
Sins and Somatologies: Sexual Transgression and the Body in Indian Charismatic HealingJoyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, Emory University,
The Word Ingested, Burned, Performed: A Healing Crossroads in South IndiaPeter Gottschalk, Southwestern University,
Powers of Association: Narratives of Healing among a Sufi, Shahid, and Brahm in Rural BiharRespondent: Lawrence Cohen, University of California, Berkeley
Religion in South Asia Section and Ritual Studies Group (Co-sponsored session)
Paul Courtright, Emory University, Presiding
Theme: Death by Design: Voluntary Terminations of Life in South Asian Religions
Christopher Key Chapple, Loyola Marymount University,
The Fast Unto Death as Expiatory Sacrifice in Jaina TraditionReiko Ohnuma, University of Texas, Austin,
"To Extract the Essence from This Essenceless Body:" The Self-Sacrifice of the Bodhisattva in Indian Buddhist Jataka LiteratureLiz Wilson, Miami University,
Autocremation and Spontaneous Combustion as Marks of Sanctity in South Asian BuddhismAlf Hiltebeitel, George Washington University,
Satis and their Fathers: Low Status and Retaliation in Sati Myth and RitualJames A. Benn, University of California, Los Angeles
Is Self-Immolation a Good Practice? Yung-ming Yen-shoul's ApologiaRespondent: Charles D. Orzech, University of North Carolina, Greensboro