Talk:Rebecca Manring

By Rutvi Dattani

Rebecca Manring is Professor of Religious Studies; Professor, Dhar India Studies Program and Adjunct Faculty, Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington as of December 2022.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva and the Indian Government.

In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

Books

1. Manring, Rebecca. The Fading Light of Advaita Acarya. 2011.
2. Manring, Rebecca. Reconstructing Tradition: Advaita Acarya and Gaudiya Vaisnavism at the Cusp of the Twentieth Century. 2005.

Articles and Book Chapters

1. Manring, Rebecca. "Child Sacrifice in Rūparāma’s Dharmamaṅgala." The Journal of Hindu Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, 2018, doi:10.1093/jhs/hiy003.
2. Manring, Rebecca. "Does Krsna Really Need His Own Grammar? Jiva Gosvamin’s Answer." International Journal of Hindu Studies, vol. 12, no. 3, 2008, pp. 257-286.