Publications

The CSRI, like its predecessor, the CRSI, regularly publishes thematic volumes or special journal issues that include a select number of papers presented at its annual meetings, as well as quality essays solicited from respected scholars. Below is a complete list of such publications:

Welbon, Guy R. and Glenn E. Yocum, eds. Religious Festivals in South India. New Delhi: Manohar, 1982.

Waghorne, Joanne, Norman Cutler, and Vasudha Narayanan, eds. Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.

Carman, John B. and Frederique Apffel Marglin, eds. Purity and Auspiciousness in Indian Society. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1985.

Hiltebeitel, Alf ed. Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism. New Delhi: Manohar, 1990.

Journal of Vaisnava Studies 10/2 (Spring 2002), Special Issue: John Carman: A Felicitation Volume (organized by John Cort).

Dempsey, Corinne and Selva J. Raj, eds. Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Traditions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2008.

Pechilis, Karen, and Dempsey, Corinne, eds. “Not Quite Divine—Co-stars and Supporting Casts in South Asian Religions,” Special issue of the Journal of Hindu Studies 9/2, 2016.

Pintchman, Tracy and Corinne Dempsey, eds. Sacred Matters: Material Religion in South Asian Traditions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2015.

Pechillis, Karen and Barbara Holdrege, eds. Refiguring the Body: Embodiment in South Asian Religions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2017.

Pennington, Brian K. and Amy Allocco, eds. Ritual Innovation: Strategic Interventions in South Asian Religions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2018.