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American scholar of religious studies
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
References
^
a
b
"Elizabethtown College -Directory" .
Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2009 .
^ Long, Jeffery D. (January 23, 2007). "Introduction".
A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism . I.B.Tauris.
ISBN
9781845112738 – via Google Books.
^ Long, Jeffery D. (2000).
Plurality and relativity: Whitehead, Jainism, and the reconstruction of religious pluralism (PhD thesis). University of Chicago.
^
"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" . Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. {{
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link )
^ Gough, Ellen (March 2010).
Religious Studies Review . 36 (1): 97.
doi :
10.1111/j.1748-0922.2010.01412_4.x . {{
cite journal }}
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link )
External links
International National Academics