Tracy PintchmanTracy Pintchman is a professor of religious studies and director of the International Studies Program at Loyola University of Chicago. Her research interests include Hindu goddess traditions, women and religion, ritual studies, and transnational Hindism. Her scholarly publications include more than twenty articles and book chapters, five edited and coedited volumes, and two monographs, The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition and Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares. Read More Read Less