Jeffery D. Long

Jeffery D. Long is Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College, in Pennsylvania, USA. He is associated with the Vedanta Society, DÄ€NAM (the Dharma Academy of North America) and the Hindu American Foundation.[1][2][3] A major theme of Long's work is religious pluralism, a topic he approaches from a perspective informed by the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and which he refers to as a "Hindu process theology."[4]

Career and Publications

Long has authored three books, A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism, Jainism: An Introduction, and The Historical Dictionary of Hinduism.[5][6][7] He has had articles published in Prabuddha Bharata, The Journal of Religion, Science and Spirit, and Creative Transformation, among others.[8] Long also contributed to the Hindu American Foundation's "Hyperlink to Hinduphobia: Online Hatred, Extremism and Bigotry Against Hindus", writing that even "[t]hough it is less well known in [the United States], anti-Hindu bigotry is every bit as ugly and dangerous as anti-Semitism or racism, and every bit as present on the Internet.[9]

Long has published and presented a number of articles and papers on Hinduism and Hindu identity. He helped organize various portions of the 6th DÄ€NAM Conference in 2008; specifically, he was responsible for the Book Review: Review of Yoga Books and The 'H-Word': Non-Indian Practitioners and the Question of Hindu Identity sessions. Long also presided over the DÄ€NAM Business Meeting and Call for Papers session. He presented at the same conference; his presentation was titled Hindu-To Be or Not To Be: Three Possible Reasons for Aversion to the Term 'Hindu' among Western Practitioners.[10] Other presentation forums include the Association for Asian Studies, the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, and the American Academy of Religion.[11]

Long lent his expertise to the Hindu American Foundation during their lawsuit against the California Board of Education.[12]

Education

Long received his B.A. in 1991 from the University of Notre Dame. His M.A. and Ph.D. were earned at the University of Chicago in 1993 and 2000, respectively.[13]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.one.org/us/onesabbath/hindupartners.html
  2. ↑ Long, Jeffery D. (2007). A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism. I.B.Tauris. pp. 17-20. ISBN 978-1-84511-273-8
  3. ↑ http://www2.etown.edu/Directory.aspx?sid=9F0F5BEA-DD28-4AB6-911D-3374AEA1734C
  4. ↑ Long, Jeffery D. (2007). A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism. I.B.Tauris. pp. 59-100. ISBN 978-1-84511-273-8
  5. ↑ http://www.etownian.com/article.php?id=1167
  6. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?hl=ja&lr=&id=frXUGoWuK4wC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=%22jeffery+d.+long%22&ots=ucFWKgSqA5&sig=vUL6uTkBfFAKx-x5RjhcoZqQgGA#PPA1,M1
  7. ↑ http://www.springerlink.com/content/h4p7u601208144n8/
  8. ↑ http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/526722/
  9. ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070403/ai_n18785842/
  10. ↑ http://www.danam-web.org/DANAM.mtg08.09.pdf
  11. ↑ http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20070122.140918&time=15+18+PST&year=2007&public=0
  12. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20061018163334/http://www.saccourt.com/courtrooms/trulings/dept19/sep1d19--06cs00386.doc
  13. ↑ http://www.etown.edu/Directory.aspx?faculty=9f0f5bea-dd28-4ab6-911d-3374aea1734c&topic=Catalog%20-%20Religious
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