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DANAM 2010: Atlanta, Georgia October 2010 Abstracts (.pdf)

DANAM 08: Chicago, Illinois Oct.-Nov. 2008

SESSION NAMES PRESENTERS and TITLES

Issues of Conversion in Christian and Dharma Traditions
Abstracts in this session
Chad Bauman, Does the Divine Physician Have an Unfair Advantage?
Francis X. Clooney, Theologizing Conversion: the 17th-18th Century Jesuit Example
Rita Sherma, A Hindu Missiology?

Hindu and Psychodynamic Self Psychologies: Revisioning Merger, Narcissism, and Psychospiritual Development

Abstracts in this session
David Lawrence, The Psychology of the Tantric Self: Religious Metaphysics and the Transformations of Narcissism
Alfred Collins, Death and Transfiguration: Integrating Freud's Thanatos and Oceanic Narcissism through Samkhya-Yoga
Thomas Ellis, Merged in or Separated by Oceans: Object Relations Theory and the Hindu God Image
Travis Chilkott, Transitional Objects and Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Elaine Molchanov, Snake symbolism in Jungian psychoanalysis and Kundalini shakti in Siddha Yoga: Comparing the imaginal and transformative levels of a symbol

The Intersection of Religion & Culture in the Lived Tradition of Jainism

Abstracts in this session

Kyle Green, Mahavira’s Unveiling: Inaccessibility and Schwartz’ God’s Phallus in Digambara Jain Iconography
Ellen Gough, Jain Understandings of the Power of the Word: Interpretations of the Rsi Mandala Yantra
Smita Kothari, Revival and Reform of Jaina Yoga – The Preksha Dhyana Movement
Tom Pokinko, Some Contemporary Views on Jaina Values and Conduct Among Indian Lay Jaina-s from Jaipur and Delhi
Andrea Jain, Health, Well-Being, and the Ascetic Ideal: Terapanthi Jainism in the Context of Late Capitalism
Victoria Gibb, ‘The Coldest of all Religions’: Late British Colonial Interpretations of Jaina Dharma

Revisiting the Feminine in Dharma Traditions

Abstracts in this session
Deepak Shimkhada, Goma: the Girl Born of Cow Dung
David Gray, Dākinīs and Yoginīs: On the Origin and Development of an Early Medieval Indian Buddhist Goddess Tradition
Veena Howard, Gandhi’s Construction of Femininity: Negotiating Traditional Values for Modern Goals
Christopher K. Chapple, The Goddess and Ecological Sensitivity: The Cultivation of Earth Knowledge
Staneshwar Timalsina, The Body of the Goddess: Eco-Awareness and Embodiment in Hindu Myth and Romance
Phyllis Herman, Sita Masala: From the Vedas to the Kitchen

The ‘H-Word’: Non-Indian Practitioners and the Question of Hindu Identity

Abstracts in this session
Lola Williamson, When is a Hindu Not a Hindu? Why Followers of Three Hindu-Inspired Movements Do Not Identify as Hindu.
Pankaj Jain, ‘The H-Word and the D-Word’: Hinduism and Dharma
Pravrajika Vrajaprana, “Sorting It Out: Hindu Culture/Hindu Religion/ Hindu Identity or True Confessions of a (basically White) Hindu Nun”
Jeffery D. Long, Hindu–To Be or Not To Be: Three Possible Reasons for Aversion to the Term ‘Hindu’ among Western Practitioners
Suzanne Newcombe, Identification with Hinduism and the Politics of a Plural World

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DANAM 07: San Diego, California Nov. 2007
SESSION NAMES	PRESENTERS and TITLES
Dharma, Karma, and Moksha and the Jaina Tradition Abstracts in this session	Bradley Boileau: Preksha Dhyan and the Jain Yogic Paradox Gabriel Jones: Warring Natures: Marwar culture, the Ksatriya ethos and the Terapanthi Jain of Rajasthan Scott Clark: Jain Identity Politics: Ahimsa, Anekantavada and Aparigraha in a World of Others Janet Gunn: Moksha Marg Broadening in Progress: Making Room for the Lived Experience of Jaina Traditions Mélanie Saucier: The Ideal & the Real in Digambar Jainism Paul LeBlanc: The Tirthankara & the Ubermensch Stephen B. Quinlan: Astrology & Cosmic Identity: Connecting the Natal Horoscope to Jain Soteriological Ideology Astrology & Cosmic Identity: Connecting the Natal Horoscope to Jain Soteriological Ideology Jenna Ferrey: Caste & the Jaina Dharma
The Ethics of Dharma Abstracts in this session	Purushottama Bilimoria, Is Dharma Rational? And Karma Iintelligible? Is Moksha (a) Way Out? Critique of Mohanty, Matilal, Daya Krishna Joseph Prabhu, Dharma through Thick and Thin Shyam Ranganathan, How to Generalize and How not to Generalize about “Dharma”, “Karma” and “Moksa” Christopher Key Chapple, Dharma, Karma, and Moksha in Jaina Tradition Guy Petterson, Salvation through Deeds?: Madeleine Biardeau's “Anthropology of Desire”
Beyond Dominant Perspectives: Reflections on Dharma, Karma, and Moksha Abstracts in this session	Koenraad Elst, The Non-Retributive Karma Doctrine Henry John Walker, Dharma and Duty in the Gita Veena R. Howard, A Search for Dharma in Secular World of Diaspora: Is sadharana dharma the only alternative? Shiv Raj Pal, Sukshma-Shareer, the Prime Body of the Atma, and its Relationship to Dharma, Karma and Moksha Sudhir K. Anand, The Arya Samaj View of Moksha
The Dharma of Moksha-Seekers: Asceticism and Social Engagement Abstracts in this session	Tulasi Srinivas, The Truant Ascetic: Transcendence and Escape in the Transnational Sathya Sai Movement Antoinette E. Denapoli, God Depends on His Devotees: Social Engagement and Reciprocity between Ascetics and Householders in Rajasthan Pravrajika Vrajaprana, Bridging the Gap between the Sacred and the Secular: Seva as Ascetic Practice Graham M. Schweig, Moving Between Two Worlds: Chaitanya as Teacher and Ascetic Ramdas Lamb, Ramanandi Sadhus and the Proliferation of Ram Bhakti in North India
Rasa and Vaishnava Traditions Abstracts in this session	Graham M. Schweig, The Conception and Meaning of Rasa in Bhakti: The Chaitanya Vaishnava School Krisztina Danka, Rasa – Aesthetics & Metaphysics Interwoven: Literary Works As Revelations in the Bengali Vaishnava Tradition Lance Nelson, Bhakti-rasa for the Advaitin Renouncer: Madhusudana Sarasvati's Theory of Devotional Sentiment Gerald T. Carney, Rasa as Foundation and Bridge David Buchta Bhayänaka-rasa as Bhakti-rasa in Gauòéya Vaiñëavism Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Usefulness of the Concept of Bhakti-rasa in Studying Bhakti Forms Deepak Shimkhada, Paintings: Expressions of Rasa in the 1648 Bhagavata Purana Ithamar Theodor, The Infiltration of Rasa into Vaisnavism
Theorizing Rasa: Culture and Gender Abstracts in this session	Susan Schwartz, Rasa/Rakta: Transformations in Red Alfred Collins, The Savor of What Is: Rasa as Culture Theory Neela Bhattacharya-Saxena, Dance of the Dual Self in Artistic Creations: A Shakta Reading of Rasa Theory Madhu Khanna, Rasa and Bhava in the Nityapuja of Goddess Tripurasundari George Pati, Mohiniyattam: The Rasa and Bhava of Devotionalism Purushottama Bilimoria, Grief and Mourning: Theorizing on the Troubled Bhava-s Cross-Culturally
Tantra and Rasa: Embodied Divinity and Aesthetic Self-Realization Abstracts in this session	David Peter Lawrence, Suggestion, Universalization and the Disclosure of Sakti: Revisiting Abhinavagupta on the Relations of Aesthetics and Monistic Saivism Kerry Martin Skora, Abhinavagupta’s Aesthetics of Touch: Synaesthetic Awareness and Lucid Dream-Play Loriliai Biernacki, The Ethics of Delight, Sthaneshwar Timalsina, Aesthetic and Mystical: Reading Tripura Literature Through the Lens of Rasa Jeffrey Stephen Lidke, A Tantric Semiotics of the Body as Rasa in Classical Indian Dance
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DANAM 06: Washington, DC Nov. 2006
SESSION NAMES	PRESENTERS and TITLES
Challenges in Translation of Classic Hindu Texts Abstracts in this session	Laurie Patton, Challenges in Translating Works from Early India Abstract unavailable at the time of printing. Graham Schweig, Challenges in Translating the Bhagavad Gita BVK Shastry, Pāninian Grammar Rules Governing Compound Words Formed with ‘Ārya in Bhagavad-Gita (2-2) Ithamar Theodor, Looking into the Structure of the Bhagavad Gita as a Precondition for its Translation Prabhavati C. Reddy, Text and Context: Making the Sense of the Srisailakhandamu
Adhikara in Dharma Diaspora Abstracts in this session	Joanne Punzo Waghorne, Adhikāra: Authority, Rights of Access, and New Global Hindu-based Organizations Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Women and Priestly Adhikāra in Dharma Diaspora Prabhavati C. Reddy, Institutional and Priestly Adhikāra in American Hindu Temples Suhag Shukla, Second Generation Hindu American Views
Yoga Philosophy and Its Implications in Dharma Traditions Re-imagining Yoga, Imagining Yoga-s Abstracts in this session	Jeffrey C. Ruff, Re-imagining Yoga, Imagining Yoga-s Abstract unavailable at the time of printing. Ian Whicher, Kaivalya in the Yoga Sutra: Ultimate Disengagement or Engagement? Sthaneshwar Timalsina, Nath Yoga: Union of the Body and the Cosmos Jeffrey Stephen Lidke, The Royal Wisdom: Power or Transcendence? That is the question. Alfred Collins, Dharma Cloud Samadhi: The Other Side of Release (kaivalya) in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra and the Samkhya Karika Beverley Foulks, Super Samskara-s: Soteriological Subliminal Impressions in Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra
Yoga Philosophy and Its Implications in Dharma Traditions Yoga and Ecology Abstracts in this session	Knut Axel Jacobsen, The Disharmony of Interdependence: Samkhya-Yoga and Ecology Christopher Chapple, Connecting Body, Senses, and Elements: Yoga and the Process of Ecological Restoration Vijaya Nagarajan, Yoga as Metaphor: Ecology, the Feminine, and the Kolam Laura Cornell, A Model for Eight Paths of Green Yoga Suzanne Ironbiter, Yoga and Nature: Vital Concentration in Atharva Veda
Prayer and Worship in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions Prayer and Worship in Hindu Traditions Abstracts Chakrabarti through Rambachan Abstracts Jakubczak through Khanna Abstracts Chakrabarti through Shridhar	Arindam Chakrabarti, What is a Devatā? What is a Yajnā? Can Work be Worship? From Veda, through Bhagavadgita, to Tantra of Abhinavagupta Gerald J. Larson, The Eccentric God of Yoga: A New Approach to 'Worship' and 'Prayer' (Bhakti-Visesa) Purushottama Bilimoria, Mantric Effect, Noetics of Supplication, and the Apūrva in the Mimamsa Bina Gupta, Can an Advaitin Pray? Role of ‘Upāsanā’ in Shankara Anantananda Rambachan, Knowing Brahman as Creator and Self: Reconsidering Prayer and Worship in Advaita Marzenna Jakubczak, Why Meditate on God? The Role of Ishvara-pranidhana in Classical Yoga and Samkhya Traditions Ramdas Lamb, Prayer and Worship in the Hindu Ascetic Traditions Deepak Sarma, Mādhva Worship: Enlightened Bhakti Nancy Martin, Role of Music in Devotional Hinduism Abstract unavailable. Madhu Khanna, Prayer and Worship in the Shakta Tradition Abstract unavailable. Arindam Chakrabarti, Reasoning-Yoga and the Epistemology of Worship: The 12 Forms of Kālī in Kashmir Shaivism (Tantrāloka IV) Graham M. Schweig, Prayer and Worship in the Caitanya Vaishnava Tradition Guy Beck, Prayer and Worship through Music and Liturgy in North Indian Vaishnava Traditions Aditya Adarkar, The Narrative and the Suppliant: Katha in the Mahabharata Acharya Prem Chand Shridhar, Sandhyā and Havan in Arya Samaj Tradition
Prayer and Worship in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions Prayer and Worship in Buddhist and Jaina Traditions Abstracts in this session	Rita M. Gross, Prayer and Worship in Vajrayana Buddhism David Drewes, Worship in Indian Mainstream and Mahayana Buddhism Judith Simmer Brown, Prayer and Worship in Tantric Buddhism Abstract unavailable. Anne Vallely, Denying and Renouncing, Desiring and Pleading: The Art of Jain Prayer M. Whitney Kelting, Why might Jains Make Prayers No One Answers?
Prayer and Worship in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions Prayer and Worship in Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Sikh Traditions Abstracts in this session	Yehudit Kornberg Greenberg, Divine Love and Eros in Jewish Prayer Tazim R. Kassam, Prayer and Rituals of Ismaili Muslims Abstract unavailable at the time of printing. Alan Godlas, Prayer and Worship in Sufi Tradition Selva J. Raj, Public Devotions, Domestic Rituals: Prayer and Worship in Popular Christianity in India Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Prayer and Worship in the Srivaisnava Tradition: the Three Mantras according to Vedanta Desika Nikky Singh, Prayer and Worship in Sikh Tradition
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DANAM 05: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nov. 2005
SESSION NAMES	PRESENTERS and TITLES
Contemporary Asceticism in Dharma Traditions Abstracts in this session	Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Renunciation in Contemporary Buddhist Monasticism Jeffery D. Long, Radical Renunciation: The Aim and Practice of Jain Asceticism Pravrajika Vrajaprana, Looking In and Letting Go: Vairagya in the Vedanta Tradition Veena Howard Rani, Asceticism in the Life of Mahatma Gandhi
Who is a Hindu? Abstracts in this session	Ramdas Lamb, Casteless Hinduism: A View from Top and Bottom Pravrajika Gayatriprana, Hinduism and Universal Religion: Are Western Vedantists Hindus? Frank G. Morales, The Epistemological Foundations of Religious Affiliation in the Context of Hindu Identity Rita D. Sherma, The Gifts of Exile: On Being a Hindu in a Global Era Pandita Indrani, How the Arya Samaj Remained Hindu while Challenging Orthodoxy
Dying, Death and Afterlife in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions Abstracts in this session	Arindam Chakrabarti, What is It Like to Die? Analytical Assessment of Ancient Indian Vedic Philosophical Concerns with Death Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Death, Afterlife, and In-Between: Buddhist Perspectives Christopher K. Chapple, Dying, and Death in Jaina Dharma Traditions Alan Segal, Death and Afterlife in Western Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Samkhya-Yoga after Larson: New Directions in Samkhya-Yoga Research Summary of Abstracts in this session	T. S. Rukmani, Revisiting the Concept of Jivanmukti in Samkhya Lloyd W. Pflueger, Person, Purity, and Power in the Yogasutra Pratap K. Penumala, Saamkhya-Yoga Contributions to Srivaishnava Theology Paul Muller-Ortega, A Tantric Critique of Patanjali Knut A. Jacobsen, In Kapila's Cave: A Samkhya-Yoga Renaissance in Bengal Ramdas Lamb, Yoga in the Contemporary Ramananda Sampradaya Tracy Pintchman, Maternal Devotion as a Form of Yoga
Challenges in Teaching "Sensitive" Topics in Hindu Traditions in the Western Diaspora Context Summary of Abstracts in this session	Vasudha Narayanan, Graham Schweig, The Sacred Image: Inscrutable Multiplicity and Affability Guy Beck, Introducing Aryan Mekhala Devi Natavar, Presenting Sacred Narratives in Indian Dance Lance Nelson, Introducing Krishna

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DANAM 04: San Antonio, Texas Nov. 2004
SESSION NAMES	PRESENTERS and TITLES
Scholarship on Sanskrit, Tamil, Prakrits: Debate about Native Exegetical Traditions Abstracts in this session	Sridhar Melukote, Methodologies in the Writings of the Epics Veena Howard, Problem of Choosing and Changing Methodologies in the Study of Hindu Texts Frederick M. Smith, NO TITLE S. Kalyanaraman, Prakrit Languages and Jaati B. V. Venkatakrishna Sastry, Scholarship on Sanskrit, Tamil, Prakrits – A key prerequisite for understanding Hinduism traditions.
New Approaches to Methodological Concerns in Hindu Studies Abstracts in this session	Andrew O. Fort, Teaching Texas Christians About Hinduism Today Rajiv Malhotra, Geopolitics and Hinduism Studies Cynthia Ann Humes, "Fair and Balanced": An Inquiry into New Directions Emerging in the Study of Geopolitics and Hinduism Sthaneshwar Timalsina, and Jeffrey Lidke, The Identification and Application of an Abhinavaguptian Hermeneutics: Towards Methodology in the Study of Tantra
'Nationalisms' and 'Hinduisms' Abstracts in this session	Kay K. Jordan, The Hinduism of Dr. S. Muthulakshmi Reddy Gerald T. Carney, A Patriot of the Old School: Baba Premananda Bharati and Indian Nationalism Phyllis Herman, Ram Darshan: Picturing a Nationalism for the Twenty-first Century Diana Dimitrova, Religion, Nationalism and Film
Constructive Theology and Philosophy in Dharma Studies Abstracts in this session	Neela Bhattacharya Saxena, Kali’s ‘Pregnant Nothingness’: A Gynocentric Idea of Liberation Amod Lele, The Various Forms of Constructive Buddhist Studies Ramdas Lamb, Beyond Anthropology: Towards a Global, Pluralist Perspective in Hindu Studies Nicholas F. Gier, Toward a Hindu Virtue Ethics Jeffery D. Long, Constructive Philosophy in Hindu Studies
Interpretation and Means of Knowledge in Dharma Traditions Abstracts in this session	Trichur S. Rukmani, The Epistemology of Knowing Oneself in the Six Astika Darsanas Brian Nichols, Pratyaksha in the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Tradition Vimal P. Jain, Means of Knowledge and Interpretation in Jaina Dharma Tradition Nikky G. Kaur Singh, Dharam Khand: The Heart of Sikh Tradition Dorothy Figueira, Swami Dayananda’s Hermeneutic Strategy for Reconstruction of the Arya Self

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DANAM 03: Atlanta, Georgia Nov. 2003
SESSION NAMES	PRESENTERS and TITLES
Science and Vedanta Abstracts	E.C.G. Sudarshan, Physical World as an Embodiment of Dharma Subhash Kak, Is There Science in the Vedas?
Contemporary Issues in Vaishnavism Abstracts	Tracy Coleman, Viraha-bhakti and Stridharma in the Bhagavata Purana Graham M. Schweig, Ethical Boundaries and Boundless Love: Reflections on Dharma and Bhakti E. H. Rick Jarow, Feminine Concept of Surrender in Vaishnava Literature
Dharma in the US Educational System Abstracts	S.S. Rama Rao Pappu, Can Dharma be Taught? Mona Vijaykar, Dharma In Schools

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