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Daniel Gold

Professor
South Asian Religions

(Ph.D., U. of Chicago Divinity School)

382 Rockefeller Hall
(607) 255-1339
drg4@cornell.edu

Areas of interest: South Asian religions; North Indian devotional traditions; modern Indian religious movements.

Publications:

  • Art and Analysis in Writing on Religion: Modern Fascinations, University of California Press, 2003

  • "The Erotic Ascetic and the Religiohistorical Sublime" in Notes from a Mandala, ed. Laurie Patton and David Haberman (New York: Seven Bridges Press).

  • "Kabir’s Secrets for Householders: Truths and Rumors among Rajasthani Naths" in Images of Kabir, ed. Monika Boehm-Tettlebach (Delhi: Manohar, 2002)

  • “Gurus” and “Soamiji” in Encyclopedia of Holy Persons, Santa Barbara, ABC/Clio, forthcoming.

  • Review of The Bijak of Kabir, translated by Linda Hess and Shukdeo Singh (New York: Oxford University Press) for History of Religions.

    Related links:

  • Asian 277: Meditation in Indian Culture
  • Asian 351: Indian Religious Worlds
  • Asian 406: The Sacred in Secular India
  • Asian 408: Film in Secular India
  • Asian 460: Indian Meditation Texts