Ralph Craig III

Prof. of Religion @WhitmanCollege. Religious bio of Tina Turner: Dancing In My Dreams (@eerdmansbooks).

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

Successfully defended my dissertation this morning (@StanfordReligSt)!

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

So excited to join this stellar cohort!

[Religion & American Culture @csraac]

Meet the 2026-2028 Young Scholars in American Religion Cohort! The members of this cohort were chosen for their commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and interdisciplinary collaboration within the fields of American Religion.
Learn more: https://t.co/5lxPgJQDbj

[Tina Turner @tinaturner]

Tina Turner is featured in this year’s GRAMMY Great Performances.
Thank you to the Recording Academy for celebrating these moments, and to everyone who continues to keep the music alive.

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@BMG @tinaturner’s “Falling Like Rain”!

[Sebastian Nehrdich @SebastianNehrd2]

A small but mighty Dharmamitra update: The English (explained) translation mode now features links into Christian Steinert's fantastic Tibetan dictionary! We are also working actively on offering similar functionality for Sanskrit and Chinese as well.

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

This is an exciting find!

[Buddysattva @artinchow]

Rediscovery Of A Lost Manuscript:

Canto 15 of the Buddhacarita was recently re-discovered by Japanese scholar Kazunobu Matsuda and Jens-Üwe Hartmann. They identified the whole canto embedded in a Sanskrit manuscript of the Tridaṇḍamālā, which is attributed to Aśvaghoṣa.
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[Nicholas Witkowski @npwitkowski]

Oct 3, my @KhyentseFound Lecture @NorthwesternU: “Comparative Subalternities” as a New Framework for the Study of Indian Buddhist Traditions: Locating the Outcaste Monastic within Plantation Geographies

9:30PM IST/9AM PDT/11AM CT/5PM GMT/6PM CET

LINK: https://t.co/y3hqcH1M4y

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

Looking forward to this! This will be my first time seeing UofT 🙌🏿

[UT Buddhist Studies @uoftcbs]

TOMORROW
Guest Lecture: Dr. @RalphCraigIII, “Preachers and Inspired Eloquence in Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras”
📆 11 Sept 2025
🕓 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
📍JHB Rm 213
🔗 https://t.co/uiNq3YU05V

[UT Buddhist Studies @uoftcbs]

Dr. @RalphCraigIII, “Preachers and Inspired Eloquence in Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras”
📆 11 Sept 2025
🕓 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
📍JHB Rm 213
This talk first discusses the South Asian Buddhist notion of pratibhānapratisaṃvid, or “skillful knowledge of inspired eloquence.” [1/5]

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@uoftcbs Looking forward to this!

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@tinaturnerlove @tinaturner 🔥

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@tinaturner “Great Spirits”; and “Break Through the Barrier” (which was in Tom Cruise’s 1992 movie Days of Thunder) 🔥

[Tina Turner @tinaturner]

At her final record-breaking London show, @Beyonce paid tribute to Tina Turner in a classic Tina tee. From “Proud Mary” to praise, she’s never hidden her love for the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll. A legend honoring a legend. 👑🔥🤠

🎥: TikTok/imyyy3

[Nicholas Witkowski @npwitkowski]

Friends, please join Adeana McNicholl and myself as we host Chandrabhan Yadav for the final lecture of our Spring 2025 #Buddhism and #Caste Initiative Lecture Series (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY)

Friday, May 16
10:00am EDT / 19:30 IST (on MSTeams)
Please register VIA QR CODE BELOW!

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@Rhino_Records and @parlophone Absolutely. Speaking as a historian of popular culture, this groundbreaking tour has yet to be sufficiently recognized, detailed, and explored by the powers that be. It is truly unfortunate that the achievements of an artist of Turner’s stature should be so neglected.

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@tinaturner November 27, 2008! No one laid it down like Tina Turner❤️‍🔥🔥🙌🏿🙌🏿

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@DanielGullotta @OhioState Congrats!

[UK Association for Buddhist Studies @U_K_A_B_S]

PUBLICATION >
*Buddhist Studies Review*
Vol. 41 No. 1-2 (2024): Special Edition: Literary Buddhas: From Magadha to Mexico
Edited by Christopher V. Jones and Naomi Appleton
Now available: https://t.co/g17mtAa2Ot

[Stanford University Religious Studies @StanfordReligSt]

Need a podcast to get through the work day? Our very own Prof. Michaela Mross has exactly what you need! Check out "Beyond Silence: Music & Ritual in Zen Buddhism" on Spark Zen: https://t.co/Vh4XcCNmBV

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

@historyrock_ Please explain why you hold Madonna’s performance to be more worthy of mention than Tina Turner and Mick Jagger?!? 🤔

[Ralph Craig III @RalphCraigIII]

I am excited for this online discussion on March 23rd with the Barre Center For Buddhist Studies about my book Dancing in My Dreams (@eerdmansbooks), and American Religion through the lens of @tinaturner!

https://t.co/nbk4ZpblaG