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'''Jeffery D. Long''' (born 1969) is a [[religious studies]] scholar who works on the religions and philosophies of [[India]], particularly [[Hinduism]] and [[Jainism]]. He is a professor of religion and [[Asian studies]] at [[Elizabethtown College]]. <br />
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== Education and career ==<br />
Long graduated with a BA from the [[University of Notre Dame]] in 1991.<ref name="etownprofile"/> During his time at Notre Dame, he converted from [[Catholicism]] to Hinduism, as later informed his work.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frXUGoWuK4wC|title=A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism|first=Jeffery D.|last=Long|date=23 January 2007|publisher=I.B.Tauris|via=Google Books|isbn=9781845112738}}</ref> He received his MA and PhD at the [[University of Chicago]] Divinity School in 1993 and 2000, respectively.<ref name="etownprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.etown.edu/Directory.aspx?faculty=9f0f5bea-dd28-4ab6-911d-3374aea1734c&topic=Catalog%20-%20Religious|title=Elizabethtown College -Directory|access-date=2009-04-28|archive-date=2010-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528004804/http://www.etown.edu/Directory.aspx?faculty=9f0f5bea-dd28-4ab6-911d-3374aea1734c&topic=Catalog%20-%20Religious|url-status=live}}</ref> His PhD thesis was titled ''Plurality and Relativity: [[Alfred North Whitehead|Whitehead]], Jainism, and the Reconstruction of Religious Pluralism''.<ref>{{cite thesis|url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/4288133|title= Plurality and relativity: Whitehead, Jainism, and the reconstruction of religious pluralism|last=Long|first=Jeffery D.|date=2000|publisher=University of Chicago|type=PhD thesis}}</ref> He began work at [[Elizabethtown College]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derrytownship.org/religious-differences|publisher=Township of Derry, Hershey PA|title=Know Thy Neighbor: Cultivating a Community of Respect (talk announcement)|date=March 19, 2018|access-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref><br />
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Long has authored four books on [[Hinduism]] and [[Jainism]]. He was a consultant to the [[Hindu American Foundation]] during its [[California textbook controversy over Hindu history|lawsuit against the California Board of Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gtu.edu/events/2017-surjit-singh-lecture-comparative-religious-thought-culture|title=2017 Surjit Singh Lecture (announcement)|date=February 22, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2020|publisher=Graduate Theological Union}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saccourt.com/courtrooms/trulings/dept19/sep1d19--06cs00386.doc |title=California textbook controversy over Hindu history |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018163334/http://www.saccourt.com/courtrooms/trulings/dept19/sep1d19--06cs00386.doc |archive-date=October 18, 2006 }}</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frXUGoWuK4wC|title=A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism|first=Jeffery D.|last=Long|date=23 January 2007|publisher=I.B.Tauris|via=Google Books|isbn=9781845112738}}<br />
*{{Cite book|last=Long|first=Jeffery D.|title=Jainism: An Introduction|publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]]|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4416-3839-7|oclc=608555139}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gough|first=Ellen|date=March 2010|title=none|journal=[[Religious Studies Review]]|language=en|volume=36|issue=1|pages=97|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2010.01412_4.x}}</ref><br />
*{{Cite book|last=Long|first=Jeffery D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkkFCwAAQBAJ|title=Historical Dictionary of Hinduism|date=2011-09-09|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7960-7|language=en}}<br />
*{{Cite book|last=Long|first=Jeffery D.|title=Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|year=2020|isbn=978-1-4742-4845-7|oclc=1159617533}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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