Ralph H. Craig III
craigr@whitman.edu
Select Publications
Monograph
Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2023.
Refereed Chapters and Articles
“Preacher and Audience Studies: Reading the Dharmabhāṇakaparivarta and Sukhavihāraparivarta of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra as Homiletic Manuals.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Volume 94. Number 1. March 2026.
“Praise You As I Should: Stotras and the Dharma-Preacher (Dharmabhāṇaka) in Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras.” In Sanskrit Hymns across Traditions: Studying Stotras, edited by Hamsa Stainton and Anna Lee White. Routledge, 2026.
“Some Will Hear: Tina Turner, African American Buddhist Teacher.” American Religion. Volume 4. Number 1. Fall 2022. 1–33.
Select Public Facing Scholarship
“Ralph H. Craig III: Preachers and Teachers, from the Dharmabhāṇakas to Tina Turner.” Interview with Ralph H. Craig III for The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Podcast. YouTube. Uploaded by The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. Oct. 1, 2025.