RISA Bibliographies

The following are bibliographies complied by RISA-L subscribers.  Most of them are collations of responses to bibliographic inquiries posted on the list by the compilers.   A good number of these topics were initiated by inquires from students.  If you post such an inquiry on RISA-L for any reason, please do follow the example of these good list citizens: compile your results and post them to the list!

• On Indus Civ., Aryans, Ancient Indian History/Archeology (Linda Hess, 12/2/96)
• Additions to "Aryan Controversy" Bibliography (Asko Parpola, 11/21/96)
• ISKCON, a.k.a the Hare Krishna Movement (Lance Nelson, 12/97)
• Homosexuality in the Indian American Community (Deepak Sarma, 4/5/99)
• Mirabai (Lance Nelson, 5/31/99)
• Novels Dealing with Hindu Themes (Arti Dhand, 11/5/99)
• Women, Families, and Gender Roles in Indian Media
       (Ann Grodzins Gold, 11/3/99)
• Love in Classical and Medieval India (Lance Nelson, 11/12/99)
• Desire (Tracey Coleman, 11/13/99)
• African Islam (Kelly Pemberton, 11/15/99)
• Communalism and the Law in India (Gene Thursby, 7/11/00)
• Teaching the Mahabharata (Tracy Coleman, 8/7/00)
• Asian Ethics (Arti Dhand, 9/18/00)
• Hinduism and Ecology (John Noyce, 9/20/00)
• On Commentaries (Tracey Coleman, 9/29/00)
• Sridharasvamin (Tracey Coleman, 9/29/00)

• On taking on the attitude of "god's friend" in Hinduism (Bradley Clough, Fall 2003)

• Women in Sikhism (Michael Hawley, Fall 2003)
• Religion & Music in South and Southeast Asia (Lance Nelson, Fall 2003)
• Religion and Music in South Asia (Matthew Allen, Fall 2003)
• Gender & Child Development (John Cort, Fall 2003)
• Time in the Bhagavad Gita and in Jain/Vaisesika Thought (Deepak Sarma, Fall 2003)

• Abortion in India (C. Ram-Prasad, Winter 2004)

• Female Infanticide in India (Ericka Schnitzer, Winter 2004)

• Buddhist Creation Myths (Valerie Stoker, Winter 2004)
• Monastic Scarification (Helen Crovetto, Winter 2004)
• Dating Sanskrit Literature, Vedas through Puranas (Linda Hess, Winter 2004)
• Divination in Indic Religions (Martin Gansten, Spring 2004)
• Novels on Mughal India (Lance Nelson, Spring 2004)
• Sources on Dress and Ornamentation (Tracy Pintchman, Spring 2004)
• Cultural Creation of Gender Identity (John Cort, Fall 2004)
• Sakhya  (John Cort, Fall 2004)
• Religious Nationalism in South Asia  (Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Fall 2004)
• Purusartha  (Shyam Ranganathan, Fall 2004)
• Gambling  (Robin Rinehart, Winter 2005)
• Mandalas  (Gregory P. Grieve, Winter 2005)
• Novels/Ethnographies (for Asian Religions Intro)  (Tracy Pintchman, Winter 2005)
• Darsan (Ginni Ishimatsu, Spring 2005)
• Islamic nationalist for "fundamentalist" movements (Linda Hess, Spring 2005)
• Religious Justifications for and Uses of Violence (John Cort, Summer 2005)
• Origins, History, and Present Practice of Untouchability (J. E. Llewellyn, Fall 2005)
• Death and Dying in Indian Religions (Matthew Sayers, Winter 2006)
• Hatha Yoga (Lance Nelson, Spring 2006)
• Varna/Jati in an Intro to Hinduism Course (Tracy Pintchman, Spring 2006)
• Intergenerational Issues in the Hindu Diaspora (Eliza Kent, Spring 2006)
• Diets and Deities: Food in South Asia (Robert Menzies, Spring 2006)
• Adding One Work of Indian Lit in English (Amir Hussain, Fall 2006)
• Sai Baba  (Suzanne Newcombe, Fall 2006)
• Asceticism in the Epics (Jarrod Whitaker, Spring 2007)
• Sacred Dining (Andrew Fort, Spring 2007)
• Categories of Religion (Krisztina Danka, Spring 2007)
• jyotiSa (Tim Cahill, Summer 2007)
• Volunteer Opportunities (Joseph Schaller, Summer 2007)
• Bhajans (Jennifer Saunders, Summer 2007)
• Religion and Gender in Indian Novels and Films (Chad Bauman, Summer 2007)
• Films on Ambedkar and Indian Political Leaders (Joseph Schaller, Summer 2007)
• Hindu Iconography (Kama Maclean, Summer 2007)
• Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Timothy Dobe, Fall 2007)
• Rama's Humanity and Divinity (Deepak Sarma, Fall 2007)
• Ritual/Performance/Practice (Cassie Adcock, Fall 2007)
• Nepali Kumaris (Angela Rudert, Fall 2007)
• Hinduism in Tanzania (and East Africa) (Karline McLain, Fall 2007)
• Guru Hargobind (Michael Hawley, Spring 2008)
• sallekhana (Michael Hawley, Spring 2008)
• Gandhi and animal ethics (Michael Hawley, Spring 2008)
• Indian Christianity (Michael Hawley, Spring 2008)
• History of Indology (Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Summer 2008)
• The Parsi Community: a Videography (Anthony Cerulli, Fall 2008)
• Colonialism and Religion (esp. Hinduism) (Robert Yelle, Fall 2008)
• South Asian Religions in Narrative (Anthony Cerulli, Fall 2008)
• Buddhist Art and Iconography (Janet E. Gunn, Fall 2008)
• Yoga Bibliography for Undergraduate Teaching (Jarrod L. Whitaker, Fall 2008)
• Religion and Media (Joshua M. Greene, Fall 2008)
• Gurus In America (Tamar C. Reich, Fall 2008)
• Recent Ethnographies of Islam in South Asia (Kerry San Chirico, Winter 2009)
• Homosexuality and Hinduism (Chad Bauman, Winter 2009)
• Shankara's and Ramanuja's Gita Commentaries (Douglas Berger, Winter 2009)
• Mahabharata and Pilgrimage (Brian K. Pennington, Spring 2009)
• Janamejaya's Snake Sacrifice and Nagas (Ann Grodzins Gold, Summer 2009)
• sammukham / vAda (Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad and Laurie Patton, Summer 2009)
• Demons and Demonization (Andrew J. Nicholson, Fall  2009)
• Films for a Hinduism Survey course (Jack E. Llewellyn, Spring 2010)
• Women in Islam (Amy L. Allocco, Spring 2010)
• Hinduism and Cities (Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Fall 2010)
• Space and the Space of the Heart in Hinduism (Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Winter 2011)
• Jainism and Other Faiths (Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Winter 2011)
• Hindu Nationalism and "Fundamentalism" (Lola Williamson, Winter 2011)
• Classical Hindu Philosophy Textbooks (Fabrizio M. Ferrari, Summer 2011)
• "Divine Kings" in S. Asia (Pankaj Jain, Fall 2011)
• Dogs in Hindu, Indian, and Asian Traditions (Ithamar Theodor, Fall 2011)
• Possession in the Hindu tradition (Matthew R. Sayers, Fall 2011)

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