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College of the Holy Cross
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Religions Department College of the Holy Cross Box 139-A, 425 Smith Hall Worcester, MA 01610 USA
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phone: 508-793-3436 fax: 508-793-3840
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Nepal, India
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Special research focus for over twenty years has been Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley, particularly the traditions found among the Newars, the indigenous population of Nepal's most populous valley.
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Todd Lewis has taught world religions at the College of the Holy Cross, primarily Hinduism and Buddhism, since 1990.
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BOOKS: World Religions Today [co-authored with John Esposito and Darrell Fasching]. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ["Buddhism," "Hinduism," & "East Asian Religions"] Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal: Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. The Himalayas: A Syllabus of the RegionÕs History, Anthropology and Religion. [with Theodore Riccardi, Jr.] Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies Monograph Series, 1995. The Tuladhars of Kathmandu: A Study of Buddhist Tradition in a Newar Merchant Community. Columbia University: Ph.D. Dissertation, 1984. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS: "Representations of Buddhism in Undergraduate Teaching: The Centrality of Ritual and Story Narratives," in Victor Hori, Richard P. Hayes, eds. Teaching Buddhism in the West: From the Wheel to the Web. Surrey, U.K.: Curzon, 2002. "Ancient India: Belief and Society" (12-21), "A New Community" (46-55), "The Human Condition" (58-63), "The Four Noble Truths" (64-71), "The Path of the Buddha" (72-79), "Tantra" (162-173) in Kevin Trainor, ed. Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide. London: Duncan-Baird Publications and Oxford University Press, 2001. "Growing Up Newar Buddhist: Chittadhar Hridaya's Jhi Maca and Its Context," in Al Pach and Debra Skinner eds. Selves in Time and Place: Identities, Experience, and History in Nepal. Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield Press, 1998, 301-318. "The Anthropological Study of Buddhist Communities: Historical Precedents and Ethnographic Paradigms," in Steven Glazier ed. Shamanism, Altered States, Healing: Essays in the Anthropology of Religion. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1997, 319-367. "Buddhist Merchants in Kathmandu: The Asan Tol Market and Uray Social Organization," in David Gellner and Declan Quigley eds. Contested Hierarchies: A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, 38-79. "The Power of Mantra: a Story of the Five Protectors," Chapter 11 of Donald S. Lopez ed. Religions of India in Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995, 227-234. "The Story of the Horn-Blowing" and "The Tale of Simhala the Caravan Leader," for Donald S. Lopez, ed. Buddhism in Practice. Princeton University Press, 1995, 151-169 and 328-335. "The Use of Visual Media in the Study of Religious Belief and Practice" [with Christine Greenway] in Steven Glazier ed. Anthropology and Religion: Theoretical, Methodological, and Confessional Essays. Stephen D. Glazier and Charles A. Flowerday, editors. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Forthcoming in 2002. "Buddhism: The Politics Of Compassionate Rule" in Jacob Neusner, ed. God's Rule: The Politics of World Religions. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, Forthcoming in 2002. JOURNAL ARTICLES AND PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS: "Sukhavati Traditions in Newar Buddhism," South Asia Research 16 (1), 1996, 1-30. "Patterns of Religious Belief in a Buddhist Merchant Community, Nepal," Asian Folklore Studies 55 (2), 1996, 237-270. "Notes on the Uray and the Modernization of Newar Buddhism," Contributions to Nepalese Studies 23 (1), 1996, 109-117. "A Chronology of Newar-Tibetan Relations in the Kathmandu Valley," in Siegfried Lienhard ed. Change and Continuity: Studies in the Nepalese Culture of the Kathmandu Valley. (Torino: Edizioni Dell'orso, 1996), 149-166. "Nepala Mahayana Bauddha Dharmaya Punarutthana Nimti Chamha Shiksharthirya Bicar," (In Newari: "On the Revival of Newar Mahayana Buddhism: One Scholar's Reflections"), Nhasala 25, 1995, 57-76. "The Nepal Jana Jivan Kriya Paddhati, a Modern Newar Guide for Vajrayana Life- Cycle Rites," Indo-Iranian Journal 37, 1994, 1-46. "Contributions to the History of Buddhist Ritualism: A Mahayana Avadana on Stupa Veneration from the Kathmandu Valley," Journal of Asian History 28 (1), 1994, 1-38. "The Himalayan Frontier in Comparative Perspective: Considerations Regarding Buddhism and Hinduism in Diaspora," Himalayan Research Bulletin XIV, 1994 (1- 2), 25-46. "Newar Buddhist Samyak Festival: a Photo Essay," Religious Studies News, May 1994. "Newar-Tibetan Trade and the Domestication of the Simhalasarthabahu Avadana," History of Religions 33 (2), 1993, 135-160. "Contributions to the Study of Popular Buddhism: The Newar Buddhist Festival of Gumla Dharma," Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 16, 1993, 7-52. "Himalayan Frontier Trade: Newar Diaspora Merchants and Buddhism," in Martin Brauen ed. Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas (Zurich: Volkerkundemuseum, 1993), 165-178. "Newars and Tibetans in the Kathmandu Valley: Ethnic Boundaries and Religious History" Journal of Asian and African Studies 38, 1989, 31-57. "Mahayana Vratas in Newar Buddhism," The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 12 (1), 1989, 109-138. "Childhood and Newar Tradition: Chittadhar Hridaya's Jhi Maca," Asian Folklore Studies XLVIII (2), 1989, 195-210. "Newars and Tibetans in the Kathmandu Valley: Three New Translations from Tibetan Sources," [with Lozang Jamspal], Journal of Asian and African Studies 36, 1988, 187-211. "Contributions to the History of Nepal: Eastern Newar Diaspora Settlements," [with D.R. Shakya], Contributions to Nepalese Studies 15 (1), 1988, 25-65. "Sarvajanik Svasthya, Tvah.bahah va Bauddha Niti" (In Newari: "Public Health, Community, Buddhist Ethics,") Nhasala, 1987, 15-19. "Nepal" Amnesty International Voice 5 (1), 1986, 15-16. "The Anthropology of Development in Nepal," Contributions to Nepalese Studies 13 (2), 1986, 167-180. [Excerpted in Himal, 1987] "Hyu Pah.ya Jah./ Nevah. Samskritiya Sah" (In Newari: "Finding the Past in Newar Tradition") Nhasala, 1981, 30-33. "Nevah. Bauddha va Hindu Saha Astitvay Chapulu" (In Newari: "On Hindu-Buddhist Relations"), Nhasala, 1980, 74-76. FILM and VIDEO PRODUCTIONS: Educational Productions: "Celestial Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara: Karunamaya in Newar Buddhism," (1996: 10 minutes) "Buddhist Rituals and Burmese Stupas" (1995: 12 minutes) "Daruma-san: Annual Rituals of Amulet Renewal" (1994: 14 minutes) "Images from a Daruma-san Exhibition" (1994: 10 minutes) Research Productions: "The Samyaka Festival of 1980" (1992: 32 minutes) "The Samyaka Festival of 1993" (1994: 34 minutes)
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