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Mailing Address Religions Department College of the Holy Cross Box 139-A, 425 Smith Hall Worcester, MA 01610 USA

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Countries of Specialization Nepal, India

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Research Interests 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.

Teaching Interests Todd Lewis has taught world religions at the College of the Holy Cross, primarily Hinduism and Buddhism, since 1990.

Publications * 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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