ד"ר אהוד הלפרין

Ph.D. Columbia University, Department of Religion 2012

M.A. Columbia University, Department of Religion 2004-2006

B.A. (Cum Laude) Tel Aviv University (Israel), East Asian Studies & Philosophy 1997-2001

Indian goddesses, Divine presence, Hindu ritual and sacrifice, Religion and ecology, Himalayan religion, lived Hinduism.

Books

The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess: Haḍimbā, Her Devotees, and Religion in Rapid Change.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Articles & Reviews

"Is the Goddess Haḍimbā Tantric? Negotiating Power in a Western Himalayan Sacrificial Arena." International Journal of Hindu Studies 23, no. 2 (2019): 195-212

"Winds of Change: Religion and Climate in the Western Himalayas." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 85, no. 1 (2017): 64-111

Palanquins of the Gods: Indigenous Theologies, Ritual Practice, and Complex Agency in the Western Indian Himalayas." Religions of South Asia 10, no. 3 (2016): 300-23

"A Vehicle for Agency: Rath Rituals and the Construction of Himalayan Devtas as Complex Agents.". European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 48 (2016): 5-42

"The Age of Kālī: Contemporary Iterations of the Kaliyug in the Kullu Valley of the Western Himalayas." Nidan: International Journal for the Study of Hinduism 26, no. 1 (2014): 42-64

‘Making Faces: Self and Image Creation in a Himalayan Valley by Halka Hingorani.’ Review for the European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 44 (2014): 106-10.

India@ 21st.Century: Socio-Economic and Political Transformation in Contemporary India. Catalog Essay for the exhibition: “Critical Mass: Contemporary Art from India,” 31.5.2012 - 16.12.2012, Herta and Paul Amir Building, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (co-authored with Rotem Geva, published in May 2012).