Faculty Scholarship

PROFESSOR of Religion Gerald T. Carney is a specialist in Hindu devotional practices, especially in Bengal Vaishnavism, a tradition which is associated with the 16th-century saint Caitanya. Carney contributed the article on Caitanya to the Thompson/Gale Encyclopedia of India, edited by Stanley Wolpert (2005). In support of effective teaching of Indian religions, he wrote the chapter on Hinduism and shorter notes on Jainism and Sikhism for the Wadsworth textbook Patterns of Religion (2nd ed., 2005). Full Story...