Raymond Brady Williams is LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities "emeritus "at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. His research on Swaminarayan Hinduism and religions of immigrants from India and Pakistan is recorded in several books, including "A New Face of Hinduism "(1984), "Religions of Immigrants from India and Pakistan "(1988), "A Sacred Thread, "ed. (1992, 1996), "Christian Pluralism in the United States "(1996), "An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism "(2001), "Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in the United States "(2001, 2007) and "Williams on South Asian Religions and...