Pankaj Jain

Domaine de recherche

Asie du Sud

Pays de résidence

États-Unis d'Amérique

Titre

Associate Professor

Affiliation

University of North Texas

Adresse électronique

pankajaindia@gmail.com

Adresse

Department of Philosophy and Religion
University of North Texas

Site de web

http://unt.academia.edu/pankajjain/

Pays de spécialisation

India

Éducation

PhD, Univ of Iowa
MA, Columbia University

Recherche

interested in connect ancient traditions with contemporary issues which he dealt with in
his dissertation Indic Traditions and Ecology. He has published portions
from his research in journals such as Religious Studies Review,
Worldviews, Religion Compass, Journal of Vaishnava Studies, and Visual
Anthropology and is currently working on his monograph Dharma and Ecology.
He received his Masters degree from Columbia University and doctorate from
the University of Iowa.

Enseignement

teach courses related to South Asian Religions and Ecology.
Earlier he has also taught Indian Films, Sanskrit, Hindi/Urdu languages
and literatures at North Carolina State University, Rutgers, Kean, New
Jersey City University, and University of Iowa.

Publications

Monographs

2017 Moving the Mountains: Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India. New York, New York: Routledge.

2011 Sustenance and Sustainability: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities. Ashgate, London. (Reviewed in the Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Dharma Studies, Environmental Values, Food, Culture & Society, International Journal of Hindu Studies, Oxford Journal of Hindu Studies, Philosophy East & West, Religious Studies Review, Sophia, and Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, & Ecology. Also reviewed in Asia Times).

Mots-clés

ancient traditions ; Dharma ; ecology ; religion ; Indian films ; Sanskrit ; Hindi.