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Michael J Altman is a scholar of American religious history and Asian religions in American culture at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on the development of the representation of Hinduism in the United States.[1][2]

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  1. ^ ""Hindoo" Bodies: American Representations of Indian Medicine, Health, and Disease". He recently published his first book, Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893 (Oxford, 2017), an analysis of how Americans used representations of India in conflicts over American identity and religion during the nineteenth century.
  2. ^ "Michael J. Altman".
  3. ^ Brackett, Jeffrey (2019-01-01). "Book Review: Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893". Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies. 32 (1). doi:10.7825/2164-6279.1745. ISSN 2164-6279. S2CID 216769695.
  4. ^ Meyer, Neil (2018). "Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721–1893 by Michael J. Altman (review)". American Studies. 57 (1): 133–134. doi:10.1353/ams.2018.0041. ISSN 2153-6856. S2CID 149635053.
  5. ^ Variyar, Suvarna (2019-12-16). "Michael J. Altman, Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893". Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. 10 (2): 295–297. doi:10.5840/asrr201910275. S2CID 212808159.