Marcy Braverman Goldstein, PhD, is a scholar of world religions, Indian traditions, and Hindu-Jewish comparative studies. Her work also focuses on exposing and opposing illiberal ideologies in academia.
Marcy earned her doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her dissertation was an historical analysis of Sanskrit terms in ancient Indian medical texts that pathologize states of possession and in Hindu devotional literature that celebrate liberative states of consciousness. With over twenty years of teaching experience—including at UC Riverside, American Jewish University, Davidson College, the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center at Queens University of Charlotte, and UNC Charlotte—Marcy is dedicated to deepening knowledge, sharpening critical thinking, and inspiring personal growth.
Marcy’s research on “religion” foregrounds indigenous, non-colonial root traditions such as Hinduism and Judaism. This new framework emphasizes ancestral homelands, sacred geography, peoplehood, diaspora, and sovereignty, directly challenging the antizionist settler colonial state libel against Israel. She is also developing a world religions textbook for the Academic Studies Press ISGAP book series, using this innovative lens to present Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Hinduism