Michael J. Altman

Michael J. Altman is a scholar of American religious history and Asian religions in American culture at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on the development of the representation of Hinduism in the United States. ^{[1] [2]}

Bibliography

• Hinduism in America: An Introduction (London: Routledge), 2022.
• Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: Representations of India in America, 1721-1893, (New York: Oxford University Press), 2017. ^{[3] [4] [5]}
• American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume 1, ed. (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press) 2021.
• American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume 2, ed. with Samah Choudhury and Prea Persaud (University of Alabama Press). Forthcoming December 6, 2022

See also

• Hinduphobia
• David Frawley

References

1. ""Hindoo" Bodies: American Representations of Indian Medicine, Health, and Disease". He recently published his first book, Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893 (Oxford, 2017), an analysis of how Americans used representations of India in conflicts over American identity and religion during the nineteenth century.
2. "Michael J. Altman".
3. Brackett, Jeffrey (2019-01-01). "Book Review: Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893". Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies. 32 (1). doi:10.7825/2164-6279.1745. ISSN   2164-6279. S2CID   216769695.
4. Meyer, Neil (2018). "Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721–1893 by Michael J. Altman (review)". American Studies. 57 (1): 133–134. doi:10.1353/ams.2018.0041. ISSN   2153-6856. S2CID   149635053.
5. Variyar, Suvarna (2019-12-16). "Michael J. Altman, Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893". Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. 10 (2): 295–297. doi:10.5840/asrr201910275. S2CID   212808159.