Jeffery D. Long - Historical Dictionary of Hinduism

Jeffery D. Long received a PhD in the philosophy of religions from the University of Chicagos Divinity School in the year 2000. His dissertation was entitled Plurality and Relativity: Whitehead, Jainism, and the Reconstruction of Religious Pluralism. In it, he attempts to re-articulate the religious pluralism of the modern or Neo-Vedanta tradition of Sri Ramakrishna in a way that draws upon both the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and the Jain philosophy of relativity. Since completing his degree at Chicago, he has been teaching in the Department of Religious Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, where he is currently an associate professor and department chair. He is also a cofounder and codirector of Elizabethtowns Asian Studies program. He has published two booksA Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism (2007) and Jainism: An Introduction (2009). His other publications include three dozen articles and reviews in various edited volumes and scholarly journals. Ongoing projects include an introduction to Indian philosophy and a theology of divine incarnation for the Ramakrishna tradition, as well as a science fiction/fantasy epic that some of his students have dubbed the Hindu Lord of the Rings. Raised Catholic, Long was drawn to Hinduism at an early age and formally embraced the tradition as an adult, at the age of 26. Both he and his wife, Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya (who teaches Japanese at Elizabethtown College), are active members of their local Hindu temple, as well as of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society. He is also a regular consultant to the Hindu American Foundation. He has served as chair of the steering committee of the Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM) and he is currently cochair of the North American Hinduism consultation of the American Academy of Religion.

HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES OF RELIGIONS, PHILOSOPHIES, AND MOVEMENTS

Jon Woronoff, Series Editor

Orthodox Church, by Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, and Michael D. Peterson, 1996

Civil Rights Movement, by Ralph E. Luker, 1997

Catholicism, by William J. Collinge, 1997

North American Environmentalism, by Edward R. Wells and Alan M. Schwartz, 1997

Taoism, by Julian F. Pas in cooperation with Man Kam Leung, 1998

Gay Liberation Movement, by Ronald J. Hunt, 1999

Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey, by Ahmad S. Moussalli, 1999

Cooperative Movement, by Jack Shaffer, 1999

Kierkegaards Philosophy, by Julia Watkin, 2001

Slavery and Abolition, by Martin A. Klein, 2002

New Religious Movements, by George D. Chryssides, 2001

Prophets in Islam and Judaism, by Scott B. Noegel and Brannon M. Wheeler, 2002

Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage, by JoAnne Myers, 2003

Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy, by Roger Ariew, Dennis Des Chene, Douglas M. Jesseph, Tad M. Schmaltz, and Theo Verbeek, 2003

Witchcraft, by Michael D. Bailey, 2003

Unitarian Universalism, by Mark W. Harris, 2004

New Age Movements, by Michael York, 2004

Organized Labor, Second Edition, by James C. Docherty, 2004

Utopianism, by James M. Morris and Andrea L. Kross, 2004

Feminism, Second Edition, by Janet K. Boles and Diane Long Hoeveler, 2004

Jainism, by Kristi L. Wiley, 2004

Wittgensteins Philosophy, by Duncan Richter, 2004

Schopenhauers Philosophy, by David E. Cartwright, 2005

Seventh-day Adventists, by Gary Land, 2005

Methodism, Second Edition, by Charles Yrigoyen Jr. and Susan E. Warrick, 2005

Sufism, by John Renard, 2005

Sikhism, Second Edition, by W. H. McLeod, 2005

Kant and Kantianism, by Helmut Holzhey and Vilem Mudroch, 2005

Olympic Movement, Third Edition, by Bill Mallon with Ian Buchanan, 2006

Anglicanism, by Colin Buchanan, 2006

Welfare State, Second Edition, by Bent Greve, 2006

Feminist Philosophy, by Catherine Villanueva Gardner, 2006

Logic, by Harry J. Gensler, 2006

Leibnizs Philosophy, by Stuart Brown and Nicholas J. Fox, 2006

Non-Aligned Movement and Third World, by Guy Arnold, 2006

Salvation Army, by Major John G. Merritt, 2006

Judaism, Second Edition, by Norman Solomon, 2006

Epistemology, by Ralph Baergen, 2006

Bah Faith, Second Edition, by Hugh C. Adamson, 2006

Aesthetics, by Dabney Townsend, 2006

Socialism, Second Edition, by Peter Lamb and James C. Docherty, 2007

Marxism, by David M. Walker and Daniel Gray, 2007

Nietzscheanism, Second Edition, by Carol Diethe, 2007

Medieval Philosophy and Theology, by Stephen F. Brown and Juan Carlos Flores, 2007

Shamanism, by Graham Harvey and Robert Wallis, 2007

Ancient Greek Philosophy, by Anthony Preus, 2007

Puritans, by Charles Pastoor and Galen K. Johnson, 2007

Green Movement, Second Edition, by Miranda Schreurs and Elim Papadakis, 2007

Husserls Philosophy, by John J. Drummond, 2008

Existentialism, by Stephen Michelman, 2008

Zionism, Second Edition, by Rafael Medoff and Chaim I. Waxman, 2008

Coptic Church, by Gawdat Gabra, 2008

Jehovahs Witnesses, by George D. Chryssides, 2008

Humes Philosophy, by Kenneth R. Merrill, 2008

Shakers, by Stephen J. Paterwic, 2008

Native American Movements, by Todd Leahy and Raymond Wilson, 2008

Mormonism, Third Edition, by Davis Bitton and Thomas G. Alexander, 2008

Hegelian Philosophy, Second Edition, by John W. Burbidge, 2008

Ethics, by Harry J. Gensler and Earl W. Spurgin, 2008

Environmentalism, by Peter Dauvergne, 2009

Bertrand Russells Philosophy, by Rosalind Carey and John Ongley, 2009

Baptists, Second Edition, by William H. Brackney, 2009

Islam, Second Edition, by Ludwig W. Adamec, 2009

Homosexuality, by Brent L. Pickett, 2009

Buddhism, by Carl Olson, 2009

Holiness Movement, Second Edition, edited by William Kostlevy, 2009

Reformed Churches, Second Edition, by Robert Benedetto and Donald K. McKim, 2010

The Reformation and Counter-Reformation, by Michael Mullett, 2010

Heideggers Philosophy, Second Edition, by Frank Schalow and Alfred Denker, 2010

Jesus, by Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., 2010

Metaphysics, by Gary Rosenkrantz and Joshua Hoffman, 2011

Shinto, Second Edition, by Stuart D. B. Picken, 2011

The Friends (Quakers), Second Edition, by Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijioke, Pink Dandelion, and John William Oliver Jr., 2011

Lutheranism, Second Edition, by Gnther Gassmann with Duanne H. Larson, and Mark W. Oldenburg, 2011

Hinduism, New Edition, by Jeffery D. Long, 2011

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