CURRICULUM VITAE

JAMES W. LAINE

Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies Office: (651) 696-6789

Macalester College Home: (651) 698-3238

Saint Paul MN 55105-1899 laine@macalester.edu

EDUCATION

Th.D. 1984 Harvard University, History of Religions (grade of distinction on both

General Examinations and Dissertation)

M.T.S.1977 Harvard University, History of Religions and Theology

B.A. 1974 Texas Tech University, History

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Wenner-Gren Foundation Conference Grant, 2000

Minnesota Humanities Commission Grant, 2000

Wallace Sabbatical Extension Grant, 1992

Mellon Fresh Combinations Grant, 1990

UMAIE Faculty Grant, January, 1990

Associated Colleges of the Midwest Japan Study Fellowship, January, 1990

Wallace Faculty Research Grant, 1987-88, 1997

American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Fellow; 1985, 1987-88, 1991

Bush Foundation Faculty Development Grant, Summer, 1986

Harvard Traveling Fellowship (The Sheldon), 1982-83

Austrian Cultural Institute Scholarship, 1982-83

Rotary International Graduate Fellowship, 1980-81

Baccalaureate Speaker, Harvard Divinity School, 1977

Outstanding Undergraduate in Chinese, Texas Tech University, 1974

Outstanding Undergraduate in History, Texas Tech University, 1973

AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE

Primary: General and Comparative History of Religions; South Asian Religions;

Method, Theory and Theology in the Comparative Study of Religion

Secondary: South Asian languages and literature; Roman Catholic religion and culture

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002-present Arnold Lowe Professor of Religious Studies

2000-02 Dean, Humanities Division, Macalester College

1999-present Chair, Religious Studies Department

1998-present Professor of Religious Studies, Macalester College

1991-1998 Associate Professor of Religious Studies

1992-95 Academic Dean, Macalester College

1985-91 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Macalester College

1987-88, 1991 Visiting Scholar, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune,

India

1983-85 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Connecticut College

1982-83 Research Fellow, Institute of Indology, University of Vienna

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2001: Covenor, International Conference on Maharashtra

2000:Co-director (with J. Andrew Ovverman), NEH Seminar: “India and Rome”

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS:

(forthcoming) Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India. New York: Oxford University

Press, January 2003.

(With S.S. Bahulkar) The Epic of Shivaji: A Translation and Study of Kavindra Paramananda’s Sivabharata. Hyderabad:Orient Longman Ltd., 2001.

Visions of God; Narratives of Theophany in the Mahabharata, Vienna: Publications of the DeNobili Research Library (Brill), Volume XVI (1989).

ARTICLES:

“The Din of Hinduism and the Dharma of Islam: Hindus and Muslims in the Age of Shivaji,” International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2000. Also forthcoming in a book

entitled Surprising Bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in Medieval India, ed. S Mittal.

Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.

“A Question of Maharashtrian Identity: Hindu Self-Definition in the Tales of Sivaji”, in Intersections: Socio-Cultural Trends in Maharashtra, ed. M. Kosambi. (Delhi: Orient Longman, 2000).

“Shivaji,” The Biographical Dictionary of Greater India, ed. H Scholberg. New Delhi: Promilla & Co., 1998.

“Reflections on the Meaning of Grhastha in Maharashtrian Culture,” in

House and Home in Maharashtra, I. Glushkova, ed. (Oxford University Press,1998). .

"Sivaji's Mother", in Images of Women in Maharashtrian Culture, edited by Anne Feldhaus, (State University of New York Press, 1996).

"Sivaji as Epic Hero", in Folk Culture, Folk Religion and Oral Traditions as a Component in Maharashtrian Culture, ed. G.-D. Sontheimer. (New Delhi: Manohar, 1995).

"Out of Character: Marginal Voices and Role-Transcendence in the Mahabharata's

Book of the Forest, Journal of Indian Philosophy, 19 (1991): 272-296.

(Francis X. Clooney et al.) "Catholic Theology and the Study of Religion in South Asia: Widening the Context for Theological Reflection", Theological Studies 48 (1987): 677-710.

"Hinduism and the Mahabharata: A Review Essay", Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens, XXX (1986) 73-81.

"The Notion of Scripture in Modern Indian Thought", Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 64 (1983): 157-168.

"The Creation Account in Manusmrti", Ibid., 62 (1981): 157-168.

Several book reviews for the Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens, Journal of American Academy of Religion, Journal of Asian Studies, and Religious Studies Review.

PAPERS DELIVERED

“Representing Islam in Hinduism 101,” American Academy of Religion, Annual

Meeting, Denver, November 19, 2001

“The Shape of Maharashtra,” Ninth International Conference on Maharashtra, Saint Paul, Minnesota, June 10, 2001

“The Body as the Locus of Religious Identity:Maharashtrian Examples,” Eighth

International Conference on Maharashtra, Sydney Australia, January 8, 1999

(with Carl W. Ernst), “A Militant Hindu in Sufi Disguise: Ramdas between Marathi and Urdu”, American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, 26 November 1996.

“The Construction of Hindu and Muslim Identities in Maharashtra”

Shaping Indo-Muslim Identity in Pre-Modern India, Triangle South Asia Consortium , Durham NC, 21 April 1995.

“From Dharmatma to Demon: Images of Muslim Rulers in Seventeenth Century Maharashtra”, 22nd Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, November 5-7, 1993.

“Tolerance and Identity: Hindu Self-Definition in the Tales of Sivaji, 1674-1875”, Fifth International Conference on Maharashtra, Bombay, December 29, 1992.

"Arjuna and Sivaji: Reflections on the Role of the Hero in Hindu Culture", University of Heidelberg, July 7, 1992.

"Sivaji's Mother", Fourth International Conference on Maharashtra, Arizona State University, April 6, 1991.

"Salman Rushdie: Postmodern Tantrik", Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 6, 1990.

"Sivaji as Epic Hero", Third International Conference on Maharashtra, Heidelberg, Germany, June 22, 1988.

"The Point of Contact: some Narratives of Theophany in the Heroic Literature of India", American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November, 1986.

"Post-Factum Prophecies of the Kali Yuga in the Mahabharata and Kurma Purana", American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, December, 1985.

REFERENCES

Daniel J. Hornbach (Macalester College)

Calvin Roetzel Roetzel (Macalester College)

John B. Carman, Gordon Kaufman (Harvard Divinity School)

D.H.H. Ingalls, Diana Eck (Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit)

Garrett Green, Eugene Gallagher (Connecticut College)

Gerhard Oberhammer (University of Vienna)

Kevin Reinhart (Dartmouth College)

Eleanor Zelliot (Carleton College)

Anne Feldhaus (Arizona State University)

Carl Ernst (University of North Carolina)