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January 01, 1970

Deepak Sarma

About Deepak Sarma

Deepak Sarma, Professor of South Asian religions and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University. Deepak Sarma is the author of Classical Indian Philosophy: A Reader (2011), Hinduism: A Reader(2008), Epistemologies and the Limitations of Philosophical Inquiry: Doctrine in Madhva Vedanta(2005) and An Introduction to Madhva Vedanta (2003). He was a guest curator of Indian Kalighat Paintings, an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art. After earning a BA in religion from Reed College, Sarma attended the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he received a PhD in the philosophy of religions. His current reflections concern cultural theory, racism, and post-colonialism. You can find him regularly on Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-sarma/

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  1. In teaching with this method, what sort of evaluations do you use in the class? Do you have students take exams and, if so, what content do you include on the exams?

  2. I have students write papers that are close analyses of the primary sources. These analyses might address possible contradictions or may look at commentaries on ambiguous passages, concepts, etc.

  3. I have students write papers which address possible contradictions or ambiguities in the primary source. This way I can evaluate what they learned in class and their research and reflective capacities.

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