Video: Hindu View of Life Lecture: Recasting the Hindu Goddess in an American Landscape

In this year’s Hindu View of Life Lecture, Tracy Pintchman (Loyola University Chicago) explored how Hindu traditions have been reinterpreted in the United States, focusing on the Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan. The lecture examined how the Hindu Goddess has been reimagined in a Midwestern context, reflecting both Indian roots and the realities of American cultural and religious life.

Tracy Pintchman is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Global Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago. A scholar of Hindu traditions, gender, and diaspora, she has published more than forty articles and book chapters, as well as several books, including her recent monograph Goddess Beyond Boundaries: Worshipping the Eternal Mother at a North American Hindu Temple (Oxford University Press, 2024).