Faculty

Contact Info Department of Religion Tufts University Eaton Hall, Room 312  Medford, MA 02155 Tel: 617-627-2322 Fax: 617-627-6615 Email Professor Office Hours TBD

Joseph G. Walser
Associate Professor

Education
Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1997 (History of Religions)
Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) Emory University, 1991
B.A.  Carleton College, 1989 (Geology)

Areas of Interest
Mahāyāna Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, religion in early South Asia, Chinese Religions, Anthropology of Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religious Philosophy.

Publications
Book:

• Nāgārjuna in Context: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Early Indian Culture (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005).

Articles:

• "The origin of the term 'Mahāyāna' (The Great Vehicle) and its relationship to the Agamas" Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies Volume 30 Number 1-2, 2007 (2009) 219-252.
• "Abhidharma" in The Routledge History of Indian Philosophy (Routledge, forthcoming)
• "Nāgārjuna, the Ratnāvalī and the Deccan," Journal of Deccan Studies 3.1 (2005).
• "Nāgārjuna and the Ratnāvalī: New Ways to Date an Old Philosopher" Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 25.1-2 (2002): 209-262.
• "On the Formal Arguments of the Akutobhayā" Journal of Indian Philosophy, vol. 26, 1998.

Courses Taught at Tufts

• Introduction to Religion
• Introduction to Buddhism
• Introduction to Hinduism
• Asian Religions
• Indian Philosophies
• Seminar on Mahāyāna Buddhism
• Tantra:
  • Hindu and Buddhist Tantra in South Asia
  • Sino-Japanese Buddhist Tantra
  • South Asian Buddhist Tantra
  • Tibetan Tantra
• Religions of China
• Contemporary Japanese Buddhist Philosophy