Email: [[mjmclaughlin]] Office: Wren 312 Interests: South Asian Religions, History and Philosophy of Meditation and Yoga, Sacred Space in South Asia, Tomb and Relic Traditions, Sustainability and ...

Nearly a quarter of the world’s people live in the geographic area known as South Asia, making it one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. Representing a multiplicity of religions, ...

The University of Houston defended its course on the Hindu religion, stating that it "values academic freedom" and that the ...

In many countries around the world, a fifth or more of adults have left the religious group in which they were raised.

My ethnographic interests are in South Asia, with a research focus on the Tamils and Muslims of south India and Sri Lanka. My recent book, Crucible of Conflict (Duke 2008), analyzes matrilineal Hindu ...

Nearly a quarter of the world’s people live in the geographic area known as South Asia, making it one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. Representing a multiplicity of religions, ...