New Books in Indian Religions
Interviews with Scholars of Indian Religions with their New Books
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 572
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Michael S. Allen, "The Ocean of Inquiry: Niscaldas and the Premodern Origins of Modern Hinduism" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Michael S. Allen's book The Ocean of Inquiry: Niscaldas and the Premodern Origins of Modern Hinduism (Oxford UP, 2022) focuses on a single remarkable work and its place within that history: "The Ocea…
01:03:38 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Silvia Schwarz Linder, "Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripurarahasya" (Routledge, 2022)
Silvia Schwarz Linder's Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripurarahasya (Routledge, 2022) is a study of the Śrīvidyā and Śākta traditions in the context o…
00:44:27 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Aniket De, "The Boundary of Laughter: Popular Performances Across Borders in South Asia" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Combining archival research with ethnographic fieldwork, Aniket De's book The Boundary of Laughter: Popular Performances Across Borders in South Asia (Oxford UP, 2022) explores how spaces of popular …
00:36:41 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Vinayak Chaturvedi, "Hindutva and Violence: V. D. Savarkar and the Essentials of History" (SUNY Press, 2022)
Hindutva and Violence: V. D. Savarkar and the Essentials of History (SUNY Press, 2022) explores the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966), the most controv…
01:29:03 |
Wed 31 Aug 2022
Michael J. Altman, "Hinduism in America: An Introduction" (Routledge, 2022)
Hinduism in America: An Introduction (Routledge, 2022) is a concise introduction to the long history of religion in the encounter between America and India. It is not a book that will tell you what H…
00:43:19 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
On Yoga, Cultural Appropriation, and Racism
Shreena Gandhi is a multi-faceted cultural historian of religion with expertise in religion, race, the Americas and Hinduism. Trained at Swarthmore, Harvard and the University of Florida, Professor G…
00:51:45 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Caleb Simmons, "Singing the Goddess Into Place: Locality, Myth, and Social Change in Chamundi of the Hill, a Kannada Folk Ballad" (SUNY Press, 2022)
Singing the Goddess Into Place: Locality, Myth, and Social Change in Chamundi of the Hill, a Kannada Folk Ballad (SUNY Press, 2022) demonstrates how folk narratives reflect local context while also a…
00:48:42 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Meenal Shrivastava, "Amma’s Daughters: A Memoir" (Athabasca UP, 2018)
Today I talked to about Amma’s Daughters: A Memoir (Athabasca UP, 2018). This book is available open access here.
As a precocious young girl, Surekha knew very little about the details of her mother…
00:58:02 |
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Koushiki Dasgupta, "Sadhus in Indian Politics: Dynamics of Hindutva" (Sage, 2021)
Koushiki Dasgupta's Sadhus in Indian Politics: Dynamics of Hindutva (Sage, 2021) maps the changing face of contemporary Hindu politics, evaluating the influence of sadhus (ascetics) on the course of …
00:32:12 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Marion (Mugs) McConnell, "Letters from the Yoga Masters" (North Atlantic Books, 2016)
This intimate and insightful account of the life of Dr. Harry (Hari) Dickman, referred to by Swami Sivananda as “the yogi of the West,” features more than fifty years of correspondence between Dickma…
00:48:33 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Kajri Jain, "Gods in the Time of Democracy" (Duke UP, 2021)
In 2018 India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the world's tallest statue: a 597-foot figure of nationalist leader Sardar Patel. Twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, it is but one o…
00:52:33 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Wendy Doniger, "After the War: The Last Books of the Mahabharata" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Wendy Doniger's After the War: The Last Books of the Mahabharata (Oxford UP, 2022) is a new translation of the final part of the Mahabharata, the great Sanskrit Epic poem about a devastating fraterna…
00:56:22 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
Suman Nath, "Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal (2012-2021)" (Routledge, 2022)
Suman Nath's book Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal (2012-2021) (Routledge, 2022) explores the emergence of identity polit…
00:26:57 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Naman P. Ahuja, "Marg Magazine: Readings on the Temple"
In October 1946, shortly before Independence, Mulk Raj Anand founded Marg, a magazine that soon became a pioneering forum for research on Indian and South Asian art and architecture. Over its 75 year…
00:33:11 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Simran Jeet Singh, "The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life" (Riverhead, 2022)
An inspiring approach to a happier, more fulfilling life through Sikh teachings on love and service.
As a boy growing up in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh and his brothers confronted racism daily: a…
00:43:02 |
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Antonio Rigopoulos, "The Hagiographer and the Avatar: The Life and Works of Narayan Kasturi" (SUNY Press, 2021)
In The Hagiographer and the Avatar: The Life and Works of Narayan Kasturi (SUNY Press, 2021), Antonio Rigopoulos explores the fundamental role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movemen…
00:50:50 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Evan Berry, "Climate Politics and the Power of Religion" (Indiana UP, 2022)
How does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change?
Climate Politics and the Power of Religion (Indiana University Press, 2022) is an edited collection that explores the diver…
00:54:10 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Matthew Clark, "Botanical Ecstasies: Psychoactive Plant Formulas in India and Beyond" (Psychedelic Press, 2021)
In Botanical Ecstasies: Psychoactive Plant Formulas in India and Beyond, Dr Matthew Clark proposes that soma/hoama is instead an ayahuasca-like plant complex made from many different species.
He disc…
00:57:52 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
Robin Dunbar, "How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures" (Oxford UP, 2022)
What is the evolutionary purpose of religion, and are some individuals more inclined than others to be religious?
Our species diverged from the great apes six to eight million years ago. Since then, …
01:01:26 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
A Conversation with Sravana Borkataky-Varma
A candid conversation with Dr. Sravana Borkataky-Varma, historian, practitioner, educator, and social entrepreneur.
Women and Gender in Hindu Tantra
Tantra: The Body and Release, an Esalen Signatu…
00:41:41 |
Tue 05 Jul 2022
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