Conference on the Study of Religions of
India

Publications

The CSRI, like its predecessor, the CRSI, regularly publishes thematic volumes or special journal issues that include a select number of papers presented at its annual meetings, as well as quality essays solicited from respected scholars. Below is a list of such publications:

Welbon, Guy R. and Glenn E. Yocum, eds. Religious Festivals in South India. New Delhi: Manohar, 1982.

Waghorne, Joanne, Norman Cutler, and Vasudha Narayanan, eds. Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.

Carman, John B. and Frederique Apffel Marglin, eds. Purity and Auspiciousness in Indian Society. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1985.

Hiltebeitel, Alf ed. Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism. New Delhi: Manohar, 1990.

Journal of Vaisnava Studies 10/2 (Spring 2002), Special Issue: John Carman: A Felicitation Volume (organized by John Cort).

Dempsey, Corinne and Selva J. Raj, eds. Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Traditions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2008.

Pechilis, Karen, and Dempsey, Corinne, eds. “Not Quite Divine—Co-stars and Supporting Casts in South Asian Religions,” Special issue of the Journal of Hindu Studies 9/2, 2016.

Pintchman, Tracy and Corinne Dempsey, eds. Sacred Matters: Material Religion in South Asian Traditions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2015.

Pechillis, Karen and Barbara Holdrege, eds. Refiguring the Body: Embodiment in South Asian Religions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2017.

Pennington, Brian K. and Amy Allocco, eds. Ritual Innovation: Strategic Interventions in South Asian Religions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2018.

Books from CSRI

John B. Carman and Frederique Apffel Marglin, eds. E. J. Brill, 1985.​
Alf Hiltebeitel, ed. Manohar, 1990.
Tracy Pintchman and Corinne Dempsey, eds. SUNY Press, 2015.​
Corinne Dempsey and Selva J. Raj, eds. SUNY Press, 2008

Brian K. Pennington and Amy L. Allocco, eds.
SUNY Press, 2018

Joanne Waghorne, Norman Cutler, and Vasudha Narayanan, eds. Columbia University Press, 1997.
Guy R. Welbon and Glenn E. Yocum, eds. Manohar, 1982.
Karen Pechilis and Corinne, Dempsey eds. Special issue of the Journal of Hindu Studies 9/2, 2016.

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