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Mary Whitney Kelting

Mary Whitney Kelting
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Known forReligious Studies, Ethnography, Jainism
Scientific career
InstitutionsNortheastern University
Thesis Hearing the voices of the Śrāvikā : ritual and song in Jain laywomen's belief and practice

Mary Whitney Kelting is an American ethnographer and scholar of Jainism who is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Northeastern University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities.[1][2]

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.[2] M. Whitney Kelting received her B.A from Colby College, and her MA and PhD in South Asian Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.[1]

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Bibliography

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Following is a partial list of her books:

  • Kelting, M. Whitney (2009). Heroic Wives: Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780195389647.
  • Kelting, M. Whitney (2001). Singing to the Jinas: Jain Laywomen, Mandal Singing and the Negotiations of Jain Devotion. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195140118.
  • Kelting, Mary Whitney. 1996. Hearing the voices of the Śrāvikā: ritual and song in Jain laywomen's belief and practice.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "M. Whitney kelting". Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  2. ^ a b "Contributing Scholars". Jainpedia. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
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