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.
Education and career
Long graduated with a BA from the University of Notre Dame in 1991.[1] During his time at Notre Dame, he converted from Catholicism to Hinduism, as later informed his work.[2] He received his MA and PhD at the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1993 and 2000, respectively.[1] His PhD thesis was titled Plurality and Relativity: Whitehead, Jainism, and the Reconstruction of Religious Pluralism.[3] He began work at Elizabethtown College in 2000.[4]
Long has authored four books on Hinduism and Jainism. He was a consultant to the Hindu American Foundation during its lawsuit against the California Board of Education.[5][6]
Books
- A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism{{#if:Long|, Long}. I.B.Tauris(23 January 2007). ISBN 9781845112738
- Jainism: An Introduction{{#if:Long|, Long}. I.B. Tauris(2009). ISBN 978-1-4416-3839-7[7]
- Historical Dictionary of Hinduism{{#if:Long|, Long}. Scarecrow Press(2011-09-09). ISBN 978-0-8108-7960-7
- Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds{{#if:Long|, Long}. Bloomsbury Publishing(2020). ISBN 978-1-4742-4845-7
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elizabethtown College -Directory. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ↑ A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism{{#if:Long|, Long}. I.B.Tauris(23 January 2007). ISBN 9781845112738
- ↑ Template:Cite thesis
- ↑ Know Thy Neighbor: Cultivating a Community of Respect (talk announcement). Township of Derry, Hershey PA(March 19, 2018). Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ↑ 2017 Surjit Singh Lecture (announcement). Graduate Theological Union(February 22, 2017). Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ↑ California textbook controversy over Hindu history.
- ↑ none. Religious Studies Review({Template:Date).
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