February 3, 2022
From AAR member Mark Juergensmeyer:
"The death of Rahuldeep Singh Gill on New Year's Eve is a tragic end to a promising career, and the field of Sikh studies suffers from his passing. I was on his doctoral committee at UCSB and admired his scholarship and devotion to the field. His 2016 Oxford University Press book, Drinking from Love's Cup: Surrender and Sacrifice in the Vars of Bhai Gurdas Bhalla was justly commended for its accuracy of translation and rich interpretation of an important area of Sikh textual history. As a professor of religious studies at California Lutheran University he was greatly admired by colleagues and students. He seemed poised to develop a significant career that alas was cut short. All in the field of Sikh studies morn his loss."