Tracy Coleman: Papers & Publications

Publications

Review of Bonding with the Lord: Jagannath, Popular Culture and Community Formation, edited by Jyotirmaya Tripathy and Uwe Skoda.  New Delhi: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.  Journal of Global South Studies 39.2: 444-446 (2022)

Review of Krishna’s Lineage: The Harivamsha of Vyāsa’s Mahābhārata, translated from the Sanskrit by Simon Brodbeck.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Journal of the American Oriental Society 142.4: 1005-1009 (2022)

“Bhakti and Power: Exploring the Rhetorics, Publics, and Politics of South Asian Devotion, review essay on Bhakti and Power: Debating India’s Religion of the Heart, edited by John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke, and Swapna Sharma.  Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 2019. International Journal of Hindu Studies 25.3 (December): 289-297 (2021)

"Kāma, Preman, and Bhakti in Śrīdhara's Commentary on Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa." International Journal of Hindu Studies 24.3 (December): 283-312 (2020)

Review of The Traffic in Hierarchy: Masculinity and Its Others in Buddhist Burma, by Ward Keeler.  University of Hawai’I Press, 2017. Religions of South Asia 13.1: 122-125 (2019)

"Rādhā: Lover and Beloved of Kṛṣṇa," in The Goddess, edited by Mandakranta Bose, pp. 116-146. The Oxford History of Hinduism Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2018)

"A Time for Dharma, A Time for Bhakti: Buddhist and Brāhmaṇical Discourse in Ancient India." Review of Dharma: Its Early History in Law, Religion, and Narrative, by Alf Hiltebeitel. South Asia Research. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. International Journal of Hindu Studies 22.2: 343-349 (2018)

Review of The Making of Brahmanic Hegemony: Studies in Caste, Gender and Vaiṣṇava Theology, by Suvira Jaiswal. New Delhi: Tulika Books, 2016. International Journal of Hindu Studies 22.2: 364-366 (2018)

"Avatāra: An Overview of Scholarly Sources." Journal of Vaishnava Studies 26.1: 5-23 (2017)

Review of Women in Early Indian Buddhism: Comparative Textual Studies, ed. Alice Collett. South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2014. In Theology & Sexuality 21.2: 169-171 (2015)

"Dharma, Yoga, and Viraha-Bhakti in Buddhacarita and Kṛṣṇacarita," in The Archaeology of Bhakti I: Mathurā and Maturai, Back and Forth, edited by Emmanuel Francis and Charlotte Schmid, pp. 31-61. Pondichéry, India: Institut Français de Pondichéry / École Française d'Extrême-Orient. Collection Indologie 125 (2014)

"Kṛṣṇa." 14,000-word annotated bibliographic essay for Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism. Ed. Alf Hiltebeitel. New York: Oxford University Press (2011)

"Bhakti." 20,000-word annotated bibliographic essay for Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism. Ed. Alf Hiltebeitel. New York: Oxford University Press (2011)

"Avatāra." 14,000-word annotated bibliographic essay for Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism. Ed. Alf Hiltebeitel. New York: Oxford University Press (originally published 2011, revised 2018)

"Viraha-Bhakti and Strīdharma: Re-Reading the Story of Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs in the Harivaṃśa and the Bhāgavata Purāṇa." Journal of the American Oriental Society 130.3: 385-412 (2010)

"Kṛṣṇa." 5000-word entry Encyclopedia of Hinduism, edited by Denise Cush, Catherine Robinson, and Michael York, pp. 425-434. London and New York: Routledge (2008)

"Devakī," "Gopī," "Līlā," "Rādhā," and "Yaśodā," 200 to 500-word entries in Encyclopedia of Hinduism, edited by Denise Cush, Catherine Robinson, and Michael York. London and New York: Routledge (2008)

Review of The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship, by Lindsey Harlan. Oxford University Press, 2003. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion 72.4: 1040-42 (2004)

"The Abduction of Rukmiṇī: A Translation of Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.52.18-10.54.60," Journal of Vaishnava Studies 12.1: 25-56 (Fall 2003)

"Suffering Desire for Krishna: Gender and Salvation in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa," Journal of Vaishnava Studies 10.2: 39-50 (Spring 2002)

Invited Lectures

“Who is Rādhā?” The Many Faces of the Hindu Goddess. Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK (March 2021)

"Sacrifice: Reflections on the Meaning of Life from South Asia." Carthage College, Kenosha, WI (April 2010)

"Domesticating Tantra." A Response to Loriliai Biernacki's Renowned Goddess of Desire: Women, Sex, and Speech in Tantra (Oxford University Press, 2007). Paper presented at the Kayden Symposium on the Kayden Award winning book, Renowned Goddess of Desire. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (October 2009)

"Spiritual Freedom in Social Bondage: Gender, Desire and Duty in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa's Construction of Hindu Bhakti." The Evans-Wentz Lectureship in Asian Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics. Stanford University (May 2005)

Conference Papers

"But Krishna Loves Women: Masculinity, Misogyny, and Radical Theology," American Oriental Society Annual Meeting, South and Southeast Asia Group, Los Angeles, CA (March 2023)

"Viraha and Viraha-Bhakti in Buddhacarita and Kṛṣṇacarita," International Workshop-cum-Conference on "The Archaeology of Bhakti," École française d'Extrême-Orient, Pondicherry, India (August 1-12, 2011)

"Desirable but Distant and Unattainable Beloveds: The Buddha and Kṛṣṇa in Sanskrit kāvya (part 2)," American Oriental Society Annual Meeting, South and Southeast Asia Group, Chicago, IL (March 2011)

"Ascetics, Lovers, and Models of dharma: The Buddha and Krishna in Sanskrit kāvya," American Oriental Society Annual Meeting, South and Southeast Asia Group, Albuquerque, NM (March 2009)

"Viraha-bhakti and Strīdharma in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa," Conference on Religions in the Indic Civilisation, International Association for the History of Religions, New Delhi, India (December 2003)

"Spiritual Freedom within Social Constraints? Eros and Gender in the Construction of Hindu Mysticism," Mysticism Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (November 2003)

"Viraha-bhakti and Strīdharma in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa," First Annual DANAM Meeting (Dharma Association of North America), Atlanta, GA (November 2003)

"Suffering Desire for Krishna: Gender and Salvation in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa," Conference on Religion in South India, South Hadley, MA (June 2001)

"On Loving Krishna and Suffering: Salvific Desire in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa," Association for Asian Studies, New England Conference, Providence, RI (September 2000)

"Desire & Divinity: Constructing Sexuality in the Love-Play with Krishna," Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI (October 1999)

"Erotic Devotion, Erotic Grace: Adoring Krishna's Body in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa," Comparative Studies in Hinduisms and Judaisms Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (November 1998)

"Sahajiyā Theory, Sahajiyā Practice: Gender and the Ritualization of Erotic Activity among the Vaiṣṇava-Sahajiyās of Bengal," Religion in South Asia Section, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (November 1996)

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