Jeffery D. Long
Jeffery D. Long (born 1969) is a religious studies scholar who works on the religions and philosophies of India, particularly Hinduism and Jainism. He is a professor of religion and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College.
Education and career[edit]
Long graduated with a BA from the University of Notre Dame in 1991. He received his MA and PhD at the University of Chicago in 1993 and 2000, respectively.[1] His PhD thesis was titled Plurality and Relativity: Whitehead, Jainism, and the Reconstruction of Religious Pluralism.[2] He began work at Elizabethtown College in 2000.[3]
Long has authored four books on Hinduism and Jainism. He was a consultant to the Hindu American Foundation during its lawsuit against the California Board of Education.[4][5]
In 2018, Long received the Hindu American Foundation's Dharma Seva Award "for his efforts to help mainstream Americans understand Hinduism in academia and public schools."[6]
Books[edit]
- Long, Jeffery D. (23 January 2007). A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781845112738 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- Long, Jeffery D. (2009). Jainism: An Introduction. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-4416-3839-7. OCLC 608555139. Search this book on [7]
- Long, Jeffery D. (2011-09-09). Historical Dictionary of Hinduism. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7960-7. Search this book on
- Long, Jeffery D. (2020). Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4742-4845-7. OCLC 1159617533. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ "Elizabethtown College -Directory". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2009-04-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Long, Jeffery D. (2000). Plurality and relativity: Whitehead, Jainism, and the reconstruction of religious pluralism (PhD thesis). University of Chicago.
- ↑ "Know Thy Neighbor: Cultivating a Community of Respect (talk announcement)". Township of Derry, Hershey PA. March 19, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ↑ "2017 Surjit Singh Lecture (announcement)". Graduate Theological Union. February 22, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ↑ "California textbook controversy over Hindu history". Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hindu American Foundation holds gala, policy conference in Washington, D.C." News India Times. 2018-06-24. Archived from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2020-10-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gough, Ellen (March 2010). Religious Studies Review. 36 (1): 97. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2010.01412_4.x.CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
External links[edit]
- Jeffery D. Long publications indexed by Google Scholar
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