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Author discusses the Beatles and Hinduism

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Author Jeffery D. Long, Ph.D., the Carl W. Zeigler professor of religion, philosophy and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College, presented “Peace, Love and God-consciousness: George Harrison, the Beatles and Hinduism” at a lecture at the University of Scranton in March. Long has written several books and has presented numerous lectures about world theologies and philosophies. The lecture was sponsored by the university’s Gail and Francis Slattery Center for the Ignatian Humanities, Jesuit Center, Department of Theology/Religious Studies, Asian Studies Concentration, and Peace and Justice Studies Concentration. From left: Christian Krokus, Ph.D., professor of theology and religious studies at Scranton; Patrick Beldio, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of theology and religious studies at Scranton; Long and his wife, Mahua Bhattachara, Ph.D., professor of Japanese studies at Elizabethtown College; and the Rev. James Redington, S.J., Jesuit fellow at the university’s Jesuit Center.