Degrees

• Ph.D., Religion, Syracuse University
• M.Phil, Religion, Syracuse University 
• M.A., Fine Arts/Musicology, Syracuse University    
• M.A., Religious Studies, University of South Florida   
• B.A., Social Sciences, University of Denver    

Email: beckg@uncw.edu

Areas of Expertise

• South Asian Religions:  Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam
• Indian philosophical traditions
• History of Religions
• Religion and Music
• Mysticism and esoteric traditions

Recent Publications

• Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
• Editor, Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005.
• Editor, Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions, Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
• “Religious Perspectives on Forgiveness,” Hinduism sections. In Forgiveness: Theory, Research and Practice. Michael E. McCullough, Kenneth I. Pargament, and Carl E. Thoreson, eds. New York: The Guilford Press, 2000, 17-40.
• “Fire in the Atman: Repentance in Hinduism.” In Repentance: A Comparative Perspective. Amitai Etzioni and David Carney, eds. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997, 76-95.
• “Devotional Hymns from the Sanskrit.” In Religions of India in Practice. Donald S. Lopez, ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995, 133-144.

  

Courses Taught

• PAR 232: Asian Religions
• PAR 370: Tibetan Buddhism