Personal profile
About
Tracy Pintchman holds a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of California in Santa Barbara (1992). She specializes in the study of Hinduism, with a focus on gender issues, Goddess traditions, and Hindu women's rituals. She has held grants from the American Academy of Religion, American Institute of Indian Studies, and the National Endowment of the Humanities. She has also taught at Northwestern University and Harvard University, where she was a visiting scholar in the Women's Studies in religion Program at Harvard Divinity School in 2000–2001.
Research Interests
- Religious Studies
- Hinduism
Disciplines
- Religion
- Hindu Studies
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Goddess beyond boundaries: Worshipping the eternal mother at a North American Hindu Temple
Pintchman, T., Sep 19 2024, Oxford University Press. 241 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Rethinking Diaspora in the American Hindu Landscape: The Translocal Saktiscape of the Hindu Goddess in Pontiac, Michigan
Pintchman, T., Mar 1 2023, In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 91, 1, p. 121-135 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Śākta (Goddess) worship in the Hindu Diaspora
Pintchman, T., Sep 2023, Hindu Diasporas.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The month of Kartik and women's ritual devotions to Krishna in Benares
Pintchman, T., May 13 2022, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism: Second Edition. Wiley, p. 323-337 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Women’s observances: Vratas
Pintchman, T., Sep 17 2020, The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice. Oxford University Press., p. 362-377 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter