Thomas B. Ellis Ph.D
There are 7 included publications by Thomas B. Ellis Ph.D:
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| Disgusting Bodies, Disgusting Religion: The Biology of Tantra |
2011 |
4582 |
ABSTRACTHard-core Tantric practice is disgusting, a point several scholars make. Scholarly interpretations of Tantric disgustingness, however, tend to follow the lead of Mary Douglas in suggesting that what disgusts is ultimately a reflection of soci... |
| Growing Up Amid The Religion And Science Affair: A Perspective From Indology |
2012 |
1869 |
Abstract. This article identifies the tropes of “maturity” and “immaturity” in the dialogue between religion and science. On both sides of the aisle, authors charge, either directly or indirectly, that their dissenting interlocutors are not mature en... |
| I Love You, I Hate You: Toward a Psychology of the Hindu Deus Absconditus |
2009 |
2967 |
No Abstract |
| "Imagining a Theory: Questioning the Eschatological and Soteriological Motivations in Gananath Obeyesekere's Imagining Karma |
2005 |
911 |
No Abstract |
| “Of And and Of : The Politics of Grammar and the Study of Religion” |
2008 |
1597 |
Grammatical constructions in course titles and research agendas reflect particular theoretical orientations in the study of religion. Privileging one construction over the others amounts to a politics of grammar. Two constructions are examined here—t... |
| Review of Wei Zhang, Heidegger, Rorty, and the Eastern Thinkers: A Hermeneutic of Cross-Cultural Encounter |
2008 |
1842 |
No Abstract |
| Teaching & Learning Guide for: On Spirituality: Natural and Non-Natural |
2009 |
1635 |
Author’s IntroductionReligious conversations – both scholarly and popular – routinely employ the term ‘spirituality,’ a term whose ubiquity is matched only by its obscurity. ‘Spirituality’ is seldom, if ever, defined. Most people seemingly appeal to ... |