BOOK CHAPTERS

 “An Advaita Theology of Spiritual Care: Reverence, Diversity, and Detchment,” in Vineet Chander and Lucinda Mosher eds., (London: Jessica Kingsley, 2020).

“Response to Part IV,” in Martha L. Moore-Keish and Christian T. Collins Winn eds., Karl Barth and Comparative Theology (New York: Fordham, 2019).

“Contemplating the Divine with a Sense of Wonder,” in Peter Casarella and Mun’im Sirry, Finding Beauty in the Other (New York: Crossroads, 2019).

“Divine Unity and Human Solidarity: A Hindu Perspective on Praying Together,” in Christopher Lewis and Dan Cohn-Sherbok eds., Interfaith Worship and Prayer (London: Jessica Kingsley, 2019).

“Renunciation of Vocation and Renunciation within Vocation,” in David S. Cunningham ed. Hearing Vocation Differently: Meaning Purpose, and Identity in the Multi-Faith Academy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019).

“Day 17, Letter 17,” in Andrea L. Weiss and Lisa M. Weinberger, American Values Religious Voices,” (Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Press, 2019).

“Śaṅkara,” in Andrew Pinsent ed., The History of Evil in the Medieval Age 450-1450 CE, (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018).

“Are Religious Differences Only Semantic?”  in Or. N. Rose, Homarya Ziad and Soren M. Hessler eds., Words to Live By (Maryknoll; Orbis Books, 2018).

“Do We Have a Religious Need for Each Other? Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue,” in Harold Kasimow and Alan Race eds., Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue: Religious Thinkers Engage With Recent Papal Initiatives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

“That From Which All Words Return:” The Distinctive Methods of Language Utilization in Advaita Vedanta,” in Timothy D. Knepper and Leah E. Kalmanson eds., Ineffability: An Exercise in Comparative Philosophy of Religion (Springer 2017).

“Nonduality in the Hindu Tradition and the Study of Religion,” in Jeffrey j. Kripal ed., Religion; Super Religion (Michigan: Gale, 2017).

“Hindiuism in Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad,” in Brian A. Hatcher ed., Hinduism in the Modern World (New York: Routtledge, 2016).

“Teilen und Empfangen: Offenheit gegenuber dem religios Anderren in Grundlagentexten des Hinduismus-Ein erster Schritt zum Dialog?” in Katajun Amirpur, Thorsten Knauth, Carola Roloff Wolfram Weisse eds., Perspektiven dialogischer Theologie (Munster: Waxman, 2016).

“A Hindu Perspective,” in Allen Goshen-Gottstein ed., Sharing Wisdom: Benefits and Boundaries of Interreligious Learning (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017).

“Worship, the Public Good and Self Fulfillment, “in Kathleen A Cahalan and Douglas J. Schuurman eds., Callings in Today’s World:  Voices from Eight Faith Perspectives (Grand Rapids; Eerdmans Publishing Group, 2016).

“Religious Leadership: Hinduism,” in Alon Goshen Gottstein, ed., The Future of Religious Leadership (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2016).

 “Hinduism,” in Kushwant Singh and Judith Steinau Clark eds., Voices from Religions on Sustainable Development (Bonn: German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation, 2016).

“Conversion from a Hindu Perspective: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities,” in Shanta Premawardhana ed., Religious Conversion: Religion Scholars Thinking Together (West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, 2015).

“Hope is Greater than Memory,”, in Alon Goshen Gottstein ed., Memory and Hope: Forgiveness, Healing and Interfaith Relations (Lanham:Lexington Books, 2015).

“Love Speaking to Love,” in Alon Goshen Gottstein ed., Friendship Across Religions: Theological Perspectives on Interreligious Friendship (Lanham:ß Lexington Books, 2015)

“Overcoming the Duality of Man and Nature: A Perspective from the Advaita Tradition of Hinduism,” in Siddhartha ed., Religion, Culture and the Ecological Crisis (Bangalore: Pipal Tree, Fireflies Ashram, 2015).

“Shiva: A Theological Reflection,” in Siddhartha ed., Meeting Rivers: Reflections on Culture, Religion and Ecology (Bangalore: Pipal Tree, Fireflies Ashram, 2014).

“Vivekananda and ‘the Preferential Option for the Poor’,” in Siddhartha ed., Meeting Rivers:Reflections on Culture, Religion and Ecology (Bangalore: Pipal Tree, Fireflies Ashram, 2014).

“Hinduism in the Public Square,” in Siddhartha ed., Meeting Rivers: Reflections on Culture, Religion and Ecology (Bangalore: Pipal Tree, Fireflies Ashram, 2014).

“The Public Value of Hindu Dialogue (Public Presentations of the 14th Dalai Lama, Sallie B. King, Anantanand Rambachan and Samdhong Rinponche,” in Carolla Roloff and Wolfram Weisse eds., Dialogue and Ethics in Buddhism and Hinduism (Munster: Waxman, 2015).

“Hinduism and Dialogue: The Public Square as a Metaphor for the Reflection of Interreligious Dialogue,” in Katajun Amirpur and Wolfram Weisse eds., Religionen Dialog Gesellschaft (Munster: Waxman, 2015).

“Offering and Receiving Hospitality: The Meaning of Ritual Participation in the Hindu Temple,” in Marianne Moyaert and Joris Geldorf eds., Ritual Participation and Interreligious Dialogue (London: Bloomsbury, 2015).

“Hinduism: True, Good and Beautiful,” in Christopher Lewis and Dan Cohn –Sherbok eds., Sensible Religion (Surrey: Ashgate, 2014).

“Hindu-Christian Dialogue,” in Catherine Cornille ed., The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue (West Sussex: John Wiley, 2013).

“The Controversey and Opportunity of Conversion,” in Christine Lienemann-Perrin and Wolfgang Lienemann eds., Crossing Religious Borders: Studies on Conversion and Religious Belonging (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012).

“Interreligious Relationships and Self-Understanding: Learning from Hinduism and Christianity,” in Marshall Fernando and Robert Crusz eds., Theology Beyond Neutrality (Colombo: Ecumenical Institute, 2012).

“The Ambiguities of Liberation and Oppression: Assuming Responsibility for One’s Tradition.” In Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose and Gregory Mobley eds., My Neignbor’s Faith (Maryknoll: Orbis Books 2012).

“Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hinduism,” in Harold Coward and Kelli I. Stajduhar eds., Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Care (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012).      

“One Goal Many Paths? The Significance of Advaita Norms for Interreligious Dialogue,” in Catherine Cornille ed., The Impossibility of Interreligious Dialogue (Crossroad Publishing, 2009).

“Hinduism,” in Miguel A. De La Torre ed., The Hope of Liberation in World Religions (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2008).

“There are Many Branches on the Tree of Life: The Irreconcilability of Hinduism and Homophobia,” in Marvin M. Ellison and Judith Plaskow eds., Heterosexism in Contemporary World Religion (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press: 2007).

“Satyakama-The Boy Who Did Not Know His Father,” in Hans Ucko ed., Faces of the Other (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 2005).

“The Hindu Tree on America’s Sacred Ground,” in Barbara A. McGraw and Jo Renee Formicola, eds., Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America’s Sacred Ground (Waco: Baylor University Press.2005).

“Hinduism, Hindutva and the Contest for the Meaning of Hindu Indentity: Swami Vivekananda and V.D. Savarkar,” in S. Sengupta and M. Paranjape eds., The Cyclonic Swami: Vivekananda in the West (Delhi, Samvad, 2005).

“The Hindu Way of Death,” in Clifton D. Bryant ed., Handbook of Death and Dying,” 2 vols. (Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications 2003).

“Perspectiva Hinduista:  Las Religiones Como Conciencia Moral De La Comunidad Global,” in Roberto Papini ed., Claves De la Globilizacion (Madrid: Ediciones Palabra, 2004).

“Hinduismo e religioni universali. Relazioni storiche e prospettive aattuali de dialogo,” in Stefano Piano et.al., Hinduismo e Cristianesimo in Dialogo (Torino: Edizioni Della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, 2004).

“Global Hinduism: The Hindu Diaspora,” in Robin Rinehart ed., Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture and Practice (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2004).

"A Hindu Perspective," in John C. Raines and Daniel C. Maguire, What Men Owe to Women, (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001).

"Hinduism," in Harold Coward ed., Experiencing Scripture in World Religions  (New York: Orbis Books, 2000).

"A Hindu Perspective on Moving From Religious Diversity to Religious Pluralism," in V.H. Kazanjian and P.L. Laurence eds., Education as Transformation (New York: Peter Lang, 2000).

"Hinduism" in Harold Coward ed., Life After Death in World Religions (New York: Orbis Books,1997)

 "The Spirituality of Swami Vivekananda," in K.R. Sundararajan ed., Hindu Spirituality, vol.2 (New York: Crossroad, 1997).

"The Liberation to Love," in Martin Forward ed., Ultimate Visions (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1995)

" Redefining the Authority of Scripture: The Rejection of Vedic Infallibility by the Brahmo Samaj," in Laurie L. Patton ed., Authority, Anxiety and the Vedic Canon (N.Y. State University of New York Press, 1994).

"Human Nature and Destiny in Hinduism," in J. Bower and J. Holm eds., Themes in Religious Studies; Human Nature and Destiny [London: Pinter Publishers, 1994)

"Where Words Can Set Free: The Liberating Potency of Vedic Words in the Hermeneutics of Sankara," in Jeffrey Timm ed., Texts in Context: Traditional Hermeneutics in South Asia (New York: State University of New York Press), 1991.

"Understanding Death in Hinduism," a reading in Michael R. Leming, Death and Bereavement (Fort Worth: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1990)

"Christian Influence on Hindu Spiritual Practice," in Harold Coward ed., Hindu-Christian Dialogue (New York: Orbis Books, 1989).

"Swami Vivekananda: A Hindu Model for Interreligious Dialogue," in M. Darrol Bryant and F. Flinn eds., Interreligious Dialogue (New York: Paragon House, 1989).

"Hindu Worship" in Angela Wood ed., Religions and Education, (Middlesex: The BFSS National RE Centre, 1989).

"Other Understandings of Christ" in My Neighbor's Faith - and Mine: Theological Discoveries Through Interfaith Dialogue (Geneva: World Council of Churches, (1986).