Faculty Member
Assistant Professor of Religion
tpurohit@bu.edu
147 Bay State Road, Suite 404
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-358-1777 |
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Interests:
Islamic History
South Asian Religions
Religion and Colonialism
Courses:
RN 100: Religion & Culture
RN 214: Islam
RN 341/641: Islamic Mysticism: Sufism
RN 425/725: Topics in South Asian Religions
Publications:
Islam before Identity: Genealogies of Ismaili Sectarianism in Colonial India,
manuscript in progress.
“Shribuddha’s Gracious Rescue of the Pandavas in Buddhavatar” in
Ginan Texts and Contexts: Essays on Ismaili Hymns of South Asia in
Honour of Zawahir Moir (Delhi: MacMillan Press, 2007).
“Reading Global Islam through Messianic Renewal in Dasavatar”
(December 2007), Journal of Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, and
Theory (special issue examining historicity and temporality in late
medieval/early modern South Asia).
“Identity Politics Revisited: Secular and Dissonant Islam in Colonial
South Asia,” Modern Asian Studies (under review). |
