Mary Whitney Kelting is an American ethnographer and scholar of
Jainism
Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle bein ...
who is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at
Northeastern University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Professor Kelting’s research interests include the religions of South Asia, ritual theory, gender studies and cultural studies and she has published two books and many articles on these topics. She is a member of the editorial board of the Centre of Jaina Studies at the
School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London.
received her B.A from Colby College, and her MA and PhD in South Asian Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Bibliography and research papers
Bibliography
Following is a partial list of her books:
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* Kelting, Mary Whitney. 1996. ''Hearing the voices of the Śrāvikā: ritual and song in Jain laywomen's belief and practice.''
Research papers and conferences
* ''Tournaments of Honor: Jain Auctions, Gender, and Reputation'', History of Religions 48(4):284-308 May 2009
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''Candanbālā's Hair: Fasting, beauty, and the materialization of Jain wives''Religion, 39:1, 1-10, DOI:
* ''Good wives, family protectors: Writing Jain Laywomen's memorials''
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Current and imminent projects
References
External links
Building a Jain Maharashtra-
Virchand Gandhi
Virachand Raghavji Gandhi (25 August 1864 – 7 August 1901) was a Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions in 1893. A barrister by profession, he worked to defend the rights of Jains, and wrote and lectur ...
memorial lecture by M. Whitney Kelting at Loyola Marymount University (2016).
Tracking Changes in Jain Devotional Singing
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Living people
Scholars of Jainism
American women writers
Colby College alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
Northeastern University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)