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INTERVIEW: Brian A. Hatcher on his book Against High-Caste Polygamy: An Annotated Translation
Rorotoko
August 16, 2023

Heather Curtis named new director of Center for the Humanities
by Aaron Klein
Tufts Daily | September 8, 2022

On Vidyasagar's 200th birth anniversary, how do we recall the mass of contradictions that made him?
by Brian Hatcher
Scroll | September 27, 2020

INTERVIEW: Brian A. Hatcher on his book 'Hinduism Before Reform'
Cutting-Edge Interviews/Rorotoko
August 12, 2020

Why do we have religions?
featuring Jennifer Eyl
Ever Wonder? (Video produced by Tufts University Communications) | September 2019

How American Christian Media Promoted Charity Abroad
by Heather D. Curtis
The Conversation | September 3, 2019

Signs, Wonders, and Gifts: Divination in the Letters of Paul
by Jennifer Eyl
Oxford University Press (July 1, 2019)

Missing Vidyasagar again: The 19th-century reformer deserves better than brickbats and hollow praise
by Brian Hatcher
Scroll.in | May 30, 2019

Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power and the question of Origin, 1st Edition
by Joseph Walser
Routledge (July 7, 2018)

Toward a Multi-faith Vision of University Chaplaincy in America: An Interview with Reverend Greg McGonigle
by Harsha Menon
Buddhistdoor Global | April 24, 2018

'Holy Humanitarians' Review: The Gilded Age Alms Race
by D.G. Hart
The Wall Street Journal | April 2018

Spotlight on 'Holy Humanitarians'
by Dan O'Sullivan
Tufts Arts and Sciences News | April 2018

Holy Humanitarians
American Evangelicals and Global Aid
by Heather D. Curtis
Harvard University Press (April 16, 2018)

A Faith in Humanity
by Laura Ferguson
Tufts Now | October 13, 2016

Three Things I've Learned Studying Religion at Tufts
by Miranda Siler
Jumbo Talk | September 25, 2016