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Dr. Tracy Pintchman Engages with the Question: How Does Hinduism Deal With The Existence of Evil?
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Video
Interview Date
2-19-2002
Abstract
How does Hinduism deal with the existence of evil?
Dr. Tracy Pintchman discusses how Hindus deals with existence of evil. She explains that although many people think of karma when the issue of evil comes to mind, many Hindus do not use karma when trying to understand or explain evil. Dr. Pintchman gives the example of a Hindu woman’s explanation of her misfortune by simply stating that God betrayed her.
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Pintchman, Tracy and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Tracy Pintchman Engages with the Question: How Does Hinduism Deal With The Existence of Evil?" February 2002. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/281
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Playing Time: 3:56 minutes
About the Interviewee:
Dr. Tracy Pintchman received a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara where she specialized in the study of Hinduism, with a focus on gender issues, Goddess traditions, and Hindu women's rituals. Dr. Pintchman is a Professor and Director of International Studies Program at Loyola University, Chicago. She has also taught at Northwestern University and Harvard University. Her publications include: Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition and The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition.
About the Interviewer:
Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.