Karen Pechilis Prentiss (Drew University)

submitted: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 16:21:11 -0500 (EST)

Karen Pechilis Prentiss
Associate Professor of Asian Religions
Department of Religious Studies - College of Liberal Arts
Drew University
36 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940   USA

phone: 201-408-3124 (office)
FAX:   201-408-3768
email: KPECHILI@DREW.EDU
URL:   http://www.users.drew.edu/kpechili/
URL:   http://www.depts.drew.edu/rel/P0000844.jpg

Description of research/teaching:
My research and teaching interests include Tamil south Indian language,
religion, philosophy, and art, including poetry, Saivism, Saiva Siddhanta,
and temple stone images and iconography.  Of special interest is the
development of regional bhakti in the medieval period, during the Pallava
and Chola dynasties.  I have taught courses on Religions of India, the
Bhagavad Gita, Pilgrimage, and Goddesses of Asia.