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'''Christian Lee Novetzke''' is an American [[Indologist]] and scholar of [[Religious studies|Religious Studies]] and [[South Asia]]n Studies. He is Professor of [[International studies|International Studies]] and [[Comparative religion|Comparative Religion]] at the [[University of Washington]], where he holds an endowed professorship from the College of Arts and Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/novetzke/|title=Professor Christian Lee Novetzke|website=faculty.washington.edu|access-date=2016-10-25}}</ref> His areas of interest include Indian [[cultural history]] and the [[Theories about religions|theorization of religion]]. As an author, he has also been largely collected by libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2008011709/ |title=Novetzke, Christian Lee |publisher=worldcat.org |access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref>

At the University of Washington, Novetzke serves as Director of the Center for Global Studies, as well as Associate Director of the [[University of Washington Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies|Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jsis.washington.edu/people/christian-novetzke/|title=People of the Jackson School of International Studies - University of Washington}}</ref>

== Education and career ==
Novetzke received a B.A. from [[Macalester College]] in 1993 and an M.T.S. in Religious Studies from [[Harvard University]] in 1996. In 2003, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from [[Columbia University]].

After teaching in the departments of South Asian Studies and Religious Studies at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] from 2003 to 2007, Novetzke joined the University of Washington in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/novetzke/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Novetzke-C-V-2016.pdf|title=Christian Lee Novetzke - CV|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref> He has developed and taught courses on [[Hinduism]] (particularly the [[Bhakti]] traditions); [[Theories about religions|theories of religion]]; [[Culture of India|Indian culture]]; and the history and politics of [[yoga]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/novetzke/teaching/|title=Teaching – Professor Christian Lee Novetzke|website=faculty.washington.edu|access-date=2016-10-26}}</ref>

== Honors and recognition ==
Novetzke's first book, ''Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India'', was awarded Best First Book in the History of Religions by the [[American Academy of Religion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aarweb.org/node/138|title=Book Awards {{!}} aarweb.org|website=www.aarweb.org|access-date=2016-10-26}}</ref>

Throughout his career, he has been awarded fellowships and grants by institutions such as [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]], the [[American Council of Learned Societies]], the [[American Institute of Indian Studies]], and the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/novetzke/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Novetzke-C-V-2016.pdf|title=Christian Lee Novetzke - CV|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref>

== Reception for ''Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation'' ==
In 2016, Novetzke, along with co-authors William Elison and Andy Rotman, published a book on the 1977 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''.<ref>http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674504486</ref> Though published by the scholarly [[Harvard University Press]], the book, entitled ''Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation'', attracted the attention of the mainstream Indian press, with the authors giving interviews about the book for [[The Hindu|the ''Hindu'']],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/mag-columns/satish-nandgaonkar-talks-to-american-scholars-about-bollywood-classic-amar-akbar-anthony/article8202875.ece|title=Straight As for secularism|last=Nandgaonkar|first=Satish|date=February 6, 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Mid-Day]],''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/why-did-three-scholars-from-the-us-write-a-book-on-amar-akbar-anthony/16967190|title=Why did three scholars from the US write a book on Amar Akbar Anthony?|last=Fernandez|first=Fiona|date=February 19, 2016|work=[[Mid-Day]]|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Daily News and Analysis]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/interview-aaa-s-message-we-can-t-build-a-modern-india-until-we-move-out-of-communally-bounded-spaces-2205432|title=AAA's message: We can't build a modern India until we move out of communally bounded spaces|last=Abidi|first=Shahkar|date=April 24, 2016|work=Daily News & Analysis|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

In his review of the book in the ''Hindu'', Jai Arjun Singh notes, "Here's a scholarly work about a popular film that also tries to mimic something of the film's controlled lunacy, winking at itself every now and again."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/jai-arjun-singh-reviews-amar-akbar-anthony/article8341798.ece|title=The awesome threesome|last=Singh|first=Jai Arjun|date=March 11, 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'s C.S. Venkiteswaran calls the work "an eminently readable book that will delight any cineaste for its sheer passion for cinema and for the delightful theoretical dexterity with which it weaves a complex and rich web of information and analysis."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.frontline.in/books/deconstructing-a-potboiler/article9040603.ece|title=Deconstructing a potboiler|last=Venkiteswaran|first=C.S.|work=Frontline|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==

=== Books ===
* ''Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India''. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. {{ISBN|9780231141857}}.
* ''Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation'' (with William Elison and Andy Rotman)''.'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016. {{ISBN|9780674504486}}.
* ''The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India''. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. {{ISBN|9780231175807}}.

=== Selected Articles ===
* "Twice Dalit: The Poetry of Hira Bansode in Translation," ''Journal of South Asian Literature.'' Vol. 28, Nos. 1 and 2 (Spring 1995): 279-96.[https://www.academia.edu/17076775/Twice_Dalit]
* "Divining an Author: The Idea of Authorship in an Indian Religious Tradition," ''History of Religions'', Vol. 42, No.3 (February 2003): 213-242.[https://www.academia.edu/17076898/Divining_an_Author_The_Idea_of_Authorship_in_an_Indian_Religious_Tradition]
* "The Laine Controversy and the Study of Hinduism," ''International Journal of Hindu Studies''. Vol. 8, Issues 1-3 (2004): 183-201.[https://www.academia.edu/17076443/The_Laine_Controversy_and_the_Study_of_Hinduism]
* "The Study of Indian Religions in the US Academy," ''India Review'', Vol. 5, No. 1 (January 2006): 91-121.[https://www.academia.edu/17076763/The_Study_of_Indian_Religions_in_the_US_Academy]
* "The Subaltern Numen: Making History in the Name of God." ''History of Religions'', Vol. 46, No. 2 (November 2006): 99-126.[https://www.academia.edu/17076260/The_Subaltern_Numen]
* "Bhakti and Its Public," ''International Journal of Hindu Studies'', Vol. 11, No. 3 (December 2007): 255-272.[https://www.academia.edu/17076230/Bhakti_and_Its_Public]
* "The Theographic and the Historiographic in an Indian Sacred Life Story," ''Sikh Formations'', Vol. 3, No. 2 (December 2007): 169-184.[https://www.academia.edu/17076290/The_Theographic_and_the_Historiographic_in_an_Indian_Sacred_Life_Story]
* "The Brahman Double: The Brahminical Construction of Anti-Brahminism and Anti-Caste Sentiment in the Religious Culture of Pre-Colonial Maharashtra," ''South Asia History and Cul1ture'', Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 2012): 232-252.[https://www.academia.edu/17076275/The_Brahmin_Double]

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [http://faculty.washington.edu/novetzke/ Christian Lee Novetzke's University of Washington page]
* [https://washington.academia.edu/ChristianNovetzke Christian Lee Novetzke's page on Academia.org]
* [https://jsis.washington.edu/ The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington]
* [https://jsis.washington.edu/global/ The Center for Global Studies at the University of Washington]
* [http://southasia.washington.edu/ The South Asia Center at the University of Washington]
* [https://jsis.washington.edu/religion/ Comparative Religion at the University of Washington]

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