Finn Moore Gerety

Current Projects

Co-Principal Investigator, “Mantras in Religion, Media and Society in Global Southern Asia” (MANTRAMS), funded by a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council

Research Interests

History of Asian religions, Vedic texts and traditions, Hinduism in contemporary south India, mantra studies, sound studies

Selected Publications

All This is OM: Mantra, Yoga, and the History of the Sacred Syllable in Early India. New York: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming.

“Between Sound and Silence in Early Yoga: Meditation on ‘Om’ at Death.” History of Religions 60.3 (2021): 209–44.

“Sound and Yoga.” In Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies, edited by Suzanne Newcombe and Karen O’Brien-Kop, 502-21. Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2021.

“Digital Guru: Embodiment, Technology, and the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge in Kerala.” Asian Ethnology 77.1-2 (2018): 3-31.

“The Amplified Sacrifice: Sound, Technology, and Participation in Modern Vedic Ritual.” Journal of South Asian History and Culture 8.4 (2017): 560-578.