The Initiative in Religious Practices & Practical Theology

adevara@emory.edu

Areas of Focus:

Hinduism
South Asian religions in diaspora
Dance and Embodied Knowledge

Practices Concentration:

Core Seminar Paper: Narratives, Theories of Practice, and the Service of Sweets: An Ethnography of Food Practices in the Swaminarayan Community of Atlanta

Experiential Requirement: Ethnography of Natya-Adhyayana-Gurukulam (a classical Indian dance summer camp)

Dissertation:

Title: Pedagogies of Classical Indian Dance as Hindu Religious Practice