This article is about the scholar of Indology. For the Christian socialist author, see John Cyrus Cort.
John E. Cort (born 1953)[1] is an American indologist. He is a professor of Asian and Comparative Religions at Denison University, where he is also Chair of the Department of Religion. He has studied Jainism and the history of Jain society over four decades,[2][3] authored several books on Jainism,[4][5] and is one of the editors of the forthcoming Brill Encyclopedia of Jainism.[6] According to a review published in 2006 by Peter Flügel, the influence of the studies and publications of Cort on Jainism "have been immense", and in some respects dominated the field of Jain studies.[7]
^"Cort, John E., 1953-". VIAF. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^Cort, John E. (1995). "Genres of Jain history". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 23 (4): 469–506. doi:10.1007/bf01880222.
^JOHN E. CORT (1990), MODELS OF AND FOR THE STUDY OF THE JAINS, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Brill Academic, Vol. 2, No. 1 (spring 1990), pp. 42-71
^John E. Cort (2001). Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-803037-9.
^John Cort (2010). Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-973957-8.
^John E. Cort (Denison), "The Jina as King or the Jina as Ascetic? Jain Concepts of Divinity", Ohio State University
^Peter Flügel (2006), Jainism and Society, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 69, No. 1 (2006), pp. 91-112
^Cort, John E. (2004). "Jains, caste and hierarchy in north Gujarat". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 38 (1–2): 73–112. doi:10.1177/006996670403800104.
^"John E. Cort". Denison University. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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