Nancy M. Martin

 

 
     
 


Publications

Books:

Mirabai: Woman Saint of India. In Press: Oxford University Press, New York.
Projected publication 2004

Human Rights and Responsibilities in the World Religions. Co-editor.
Forthcoming: Oneworld Publications, Oxford. July 2003

Ethics in the World Religions. Co-editor.
Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2001 (380 pages)

Love, Sex, and Gender in the World Religions. Co-editor.
Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2000 (320 pages)

The Meaning of Life in the World Religions. Co-editor.
Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1999 (330 pages)


Books in Progress:

The Renunciant Rani and the Weaver of Protest: Mirabai and Kabir in Rajasthani Folk Traditions. Projected completion: 2004

Violence and Human Dignity in the World Religions.  Co-edited with Joseph Runzo.  Oxford:  Oneworld Publications.  Projected Publication 2004.


Articles:

"Rights, Roles, and Reciprocity in Hindu Dharma," to be published in Human Rights and Responsilibities in the World Religions, edited by Joseph Runzo, Nancy M. Martin, and Arvind Sharma (Oxford: Oneworld Publications). Forthcoming July 2003

“Mirabai,” invited essay in volume on Sources in the Krishna Tradition. Edited by Edwin Bryant. Oxford University Press. Projected Publication: 2003.

"Hindi Devotional Literature," invited essay in The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism, edited by Gavin Flood of the University of Wales, Lampeter. Projected publication: 2003

"Bhakti Saints." South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Peter J. Claus
and Margaret Mills. New York: Routledge, 2003

"Komal Kothari." South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Peter J. Claus and Margaret Mills. New York: Routledge, 2003

"Interrogating the Oral and Written Traditions of Mirabai and Kabir." In Devotional Literature in South Asia: Current Research 1997-2000, edited by Winand Callewaert and Dieter Taillieu. Delhi: Manohar Publications, 2002 (10 pages)

"Homespun Threads of Dignity and Protest: Songs of Kabir in Rural Rajasthan." In Images of Kabir edited by Monika Boehm-Tettelbach. Delhi: Manohar Publications, 2002 (18 pages)

"Introduction: Inter-Religious Understanding." Ethics in the World Religions. Co-edited by Joseph Runzo and Nancy M. Martin. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2001 (pages 1-16)

"Mirabai and Kabir in Rajasthani Folk Traditions: Meghwal and Manganiyar Repertoires." The Banyon Tree: Essays on Early Literature in New Indo-Aryan Languages. Edited by Mariola Offredi. Delhi: Manohar Press, 2000 (volume 2, pages 391-418)

"Loving the Goddess in Hinduism." Love, Sex and Gender in the World Religions. Co-edited by Joseph Runzo and Nancy Martin. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2000 (pages 89-111)

"Mirabai in the Academy and the Politics of Identity." Faces of the Feminine from Ancient, Medieval and Modern India. Edited by Mandakranta Bose. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000 (pages 162-182)

"Love and Longing in Devotional Hinduism." The Meaning of Life in the World Religions.
Co-edited by Joseph Runzo and Nancy M. Martin. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1999 (pages 201-219)

"Mira Janma Patri and Other Tales of Resistance and Appropriation." Religion, Ritual, and Royalty. Edited by Rajendra Joshi and N. K. Singhi. Jaipur: Rawat Press, 1999 (pages 227-261)

"Mirabai." Encyclopedia of Women and World Religions. Edited by Serenity Young.
New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1998 (volume 2, pages 664-665)

"Mira Bai: Shastron mem Ullikhit, Jivan mem Rupayit," Mangilal Nagda and Ashok Kumar Bhatnagar, trans., Rangayan 30, 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997): 7-19

"Mirabai: Inscribed in Text, Embodied in Life." Vaisnavi: Women and the Worship of Krishna. Edited by Steven Rosen (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, 1996) (pages 7-46); initially published in Journal of Vaisnava Studies 3, 4 (Fall 1995): 5-44

"Mirabai." Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Indic Religions. K.L. Seshagiri Rao, Chief Editor. India Heritage Research Foundation, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Forthcoming 2003


Articles in Progress:

“Combating Violence, Upholding Human Dignity:  Social Engagement in Buddhism and Hinduism.”  To be included in Violence and Human Dignity in the World Religions.  Co-edited by Nancy M. Martin and Joseph Runzo.  Oxford:  Oneworld Publications.  Projected completion:  May 2004

“Religious Reflection and Social Positioning:  A Comparative Study of Low-caste Hindus, Christians, and Buddhists in India.”  Projected Completion:  June 2003

 

"Holy People in Hinduism," "Bhakti Saints," "Mirabai," and "Kabir."  Encyclopedia of Holy People.  Projected Completion:  August 2003

Book Review:  Vinay Dharwadker, ed., The Collected Essays of A. K. Ramanujan (Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2000).  International Journal of Hinduism.  Projected completion: June 2003

Book Review:  Laurie Patton and Wendy Doniger, Myth and Method (University Press of Virginia, 1996). Journal of Ritual Studies.  Projected completion:  June 2003


Book Reviews:

Jeaneane Fowler, Hinduism: Beliefs and Practices (Portland, OR: Sussex Academic Press, 1997). Religious Studies Review 24: 3 (July, 1998)

Parita Mukta, Upholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994). Journal of Asian Studies 56, 1 (February, 1997)


Compact Discs:

"Mystic Love: Music for the Soul, Compositions of Meera." Singers: Padmaram and Mahesharam. Liner notes by Nancy M. Martin. Jaipur: Patrika, 2001 (cassette: 1998)

"Meera." Singers: Padmaram and Mahesharam. Singers: Padmaram and Mahesharam. English translations of songs by Nancy M. Martin. Jaipur: Patrika, 2001


Photographs:

In South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, volume 5),
ed. Alison Arnold. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000 Pages 640-47

Turi Bhat epic singer, Sirohi, Rajasthan, India
Sindhi Sarangi (type of bowed, unfretted lute), Rajasthan, India
Kamaycha (type of bowed, unfretted lute), Rajasthan, India
Manganiyar (professional caste) singer, Rajasthan, India
Kalbelia Yogi playing tandura and kartals, Rajasthan, India
Meghwal (low-caste) singer playing tanduro, Rajasthan, India
Bhopa musician playing gujari (bowed fiddle), Rajasthan, India

In The Meaning of Life in the World Religions, ed. Joseph Runzo and Nancy M. Martin.
Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1999

Sunrise at the Ganges River, Benares, India (page 110)
Ranakpur Jain temple, Rajasthan, India (page 136)
Buddhist sculpture at a Jizo temple, Toyama, Japan (page 152)
Statue at the Tzuen Temple complex, Xian, China (page 162)
The presbytery ceiling, Peterborough Cathedral, England (page 186)
Painting of Krishna, Charbhuja Temple, Merta, India (page 202)
The high altar and Holy Trinity Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral, England (page 288)

In Love, Sex and Gender in the World Religions, ed. Joseph Runzo and Nancy M. Martin.
Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2000

Wall mural of Krishna, Jaipur, India (page 50)
Sculpture of the Goddess Durga, Osian, India (page 88)
Stained glass of Julian of Norwich, Norwich, England (page 146)
Painting of Mirabai, Charbhuja Temple, Merta, India (page 238)
Erotic Jain sculpture, Nagada temple complex, India (page 270)

In Ethics and the World Religions, ed. Joseph Runzo and Nancy M. Martin.
Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2001

Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi, India
HIV/AIDS pledge, Parliament of the World Religions, South Africa
Jama Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi, India
Bullock-drawn mobile Hindu temple, India
Jain practioners preparing ritual sandalwood paste, Ranakpur, India
Dragon mural portraying yin-yang forces, Canton, China
Stained-glass windows commemorating military duty, Norwich Cathedral
Temple mural of Shiva and Indra, Gujarat, India
Imperial Summer Palace, Northwest of Beijing, China
Images of Jain tirthankaras, Osian, Rajasthan


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