Diana L. Eck

Author of A New Religious America

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About the Author

Diana Eck is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University and is Master of Lowell House and Director of The Pluralism Project.

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Works by Diana L. Eck

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A New Religious America (2002) 454 copies

Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India (1981) 332 copies

Encountering God (1993) 329 copies, 2 reviews

India: A Sacred Geography (2012) 143 copies, 1 review

Banaras (1982) 129 copies, 1 review

Speaking of Faith: Global Perspectives on Women, Religion and Social Change (1986) 53 copies

On Common Ground: World Religions in America (1997) 10 copies

Studio d. Teilband 1 des Gesamtbandes 1. Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch (2005) 5 copies

World Religions in Boston: A Guide to Communities and Resources (1998) 3 copies

Honest to God : the universe of faith [video recording] (2000) 2 copies

Frontiers of Faith: Religious Pluralism and Our Common Future: Stendahl Memorial Lecture, Stockholm, October 14, 2012 1 copy

Darsan Seeing the Divine Image in India 1 copy

Hanging Around Lowell House: The Portraits of Lowell House 1 copy

Devi: Goddesses of India (2007) 1 copy

Honest to God: the universe of faith 1 copy

The Teaching Company - Great World Religions - The Religions of India 1 copy

Pluralism in America [video recording] (2005) — Speaker — 1 copy

GREAT WORLD RELIGIONS: BELIEFS, PRACTICES, HISTORIES. PARTS 1-5 (AUDIO) (1996) 1 copy

America's Religious Pluralism : Theological, Cultural and Political Changes 1 copy

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Associated Works

Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Contributor — 205 copies, 1 review

The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World (2007) — Contributor — 128 copies, 5 reviews

God at 2000 (2001) — Contributor; Panelist — 100 copies, 1 review

The Other side of God: A polarity in world religions (1981) — Contributor — 30 copies

Ecologies of Human Flourishing (2011) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Birthdate: 1945-07-05
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Education: Harvard University (PhD|Comparative Religion|1976)
Smith College (AB|1967)
Occupations: university professor
scholar of comparative religion
Awards and honors: National Humanities Medal (1998)

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India: A Sacred Geography by Diana L Eck

I approached this book with a skeptical mind mind, and some small measure of curiosity. I was soon hooked onto the book, and it was very clear that Diana Eck approached the subject with a lot of respect and, I would even say, love.

The book is very well written, and in my opinion, quite accessible to anyone interested in Hinduism. I really like the way that she constructed the myths around each God, and avataar, and linked the geography of India to the myths.

This is an innovative approach to the treatment of Hinduism, and I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about India and Hinduism.… (more)

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RajivC | Dec 7, 2013 |

Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman… by Diana L. Eck

One of the members of a small interfaith dialog group to which I belong suggested we all read this book. I am glad she called it to my attention, this is a wonderful discussion of the theology of, need for, and aims of interfaith dialogue. I want to read more like this.

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nmele | 1 other review | Apr 6, 2013 |

Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman… by Diana L. Eck

A Christan with an education Diana outlines the meaning of Christianity to her and the reasons why this is not the only path to God. She herself claims to be a Christian and lays out the foundation for what they means. She makes a very strong case against the conservative Church of condemnation.

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yackidy28 | 1 other review | Jan 17, 2009 |