Department of Religion and Classics

Douglas R. Brooks

Douglas R. Brooks

Professor of Religion
Ph.D. (1986), Harvard University

433 Rush Rhees Library
Department of Religion and Classics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627

(585) 275-9369 (office)
(585) 275-5378 (department office)
(585) 276-1230 (fax)
douglas.brooks@rochester.edu

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Selected Publications:

  • The Secret of the Three Cities: An Introduction to Hindu S'aktaTantrism, The University of Chicago Press, 1990
  • Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions of S'rividya S'akta Tantrism in South India, State University of New York Press, 1992
  • "Encountering the Hindu "Other": Tantrism and the Brahmans of South India, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, LX/3, 1993
  • "The Thousand-Headed Person: The Mystery of Hinduism and the Study of Religion in the AAR," The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, LXII/4, 1995