Rahuldeep Singh Gill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religion
Rahuldeep Singh Gill is interested in the relationship between texts, subtexts, and contexts, as well as the nexus between the social and the religious. In particular, he examines the evolution of Sikh institutions over five hundred years of the tradition's history, as well as the interaction of Sikhs, Muslims, and Hindus. His research explores the life and works of the Sikh tradition's most important interpretive writer, Bhai Gurdas Bhalla (d. 1636).
Dr. Gill's dissertation is available at UCSB's Center for Sikh and Punjab Studies.
Read Dr. Gill's post about Sikh Studies on the Sikh Foundation website.
To understand more about the Sikh tradition, read Dr. Gill's section on Patheos.com. Click here for a recent New York Times treatment of the Sikh institution of langar, the communal kitchen.
Some links about RSG:
Photographed giving a message at Chapel service.
Featured in the Ventura Newspaper.
Awarded Diversity Professor of the Year.
Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Full Story.
Wrote this piece in response to the 8/5/12 Wisconsin Shootings, also published in the VC Star.
Included in Oregon Public Radio's Think Out Loud.
Professor Gill is Associate Director for the Center of Equality and Justice.
Gave this talk at the Interfaith Initiative of Santa Barbara on Sikh tradition, trauma, and memory.
Education
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M.A. and Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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B.A., Religion, University of Rochester (Honors, Certificate in Politics)
Expertise
Dr. Gill's primary specialties are:
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Sikh Tradition: A Case Study in Global Religions
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Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
- Songs of Indian Saints
- Introduction to the Study of Global Religion
- Theory and Method ih the Study of Religion
Dr. Gill also teaches courses in the following areas:
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Introduction to Christianity
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South Asian Islam
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Introduction to East Asian Traditions
Email: rgill@callutheran.edu
Phone: (805) 493-3786
Office: Humanities 238
