Arvind Sharma
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Arvind Sharma is the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at
Choice Outstanding Academic Book (1999).[1]
Biography
Arvind Sharma was born on 13 January 1940 in
Allahabad University in 1958. He served in civil services in Gujarat until 1968 he went to US to pursue higher studies in economics at the Syracuse University, obtaining a Masters in economics in 1970. While pursuing the role of non-economic factors in economic development he became interested in religion and joined Harvard Divinity School in 1972. After obtaining a Masters in Theological Studies, he earned his PhD from the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies in 1978.[2]
While at Harvard he was recruited in 1976 by the newly founded Department of Studies in Religion at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In 1980 he moved to the University of Sydney.[3] In 1994 he was appointed the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University, where he teaches.[4][5]
The archives of Arvind Sharma are held at McGill University (MUA).[6]
Bibliography
The author, editor or co-editor of more than 50 books and 500 articles,[7][8] his notable works include:
- The Ruler's Gaze: A Study of British Rule over India from a Saidian Perspective (ISBN 978-9-352-64102-4
- Hinduism as a Missionary Religion (ISBN 978-1-4384-3211-3
- The Philosophy of Religion and Advaita Vedanta (ISBN 978-0-271-02832-3
- Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution: Religion Today and Tomorrow (ISBN 978-0-313-35899-9
- Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons (ISBN 978-1-4020-8191-0
- Fundamentalism And Women in World Religions (T. & T. Clark Publishers] 2007) ISBN 978-0-567-02533-3
- Goddesses And Women In The Indic Religious Tradition (ISBN 978-90-04-12466-0
- New Focus on Hindu Studies (DK Print World, 2005) ISBN 978-81-246-0307-9
- A New Curve in the Ganges (DK Print World, 2005) ISBN 978-81-246-0271-3
- Christianity and Human Rights: Influences and Issues (ISBN 978-0-7914-6952-1
- The Quest for Serenity in World Religions (DK Printworld, 2007) ISBN 978-81-246-0420-5
- A Guide to Hindu Spirituality (ISBN 978-1-933316-17-8
- Hindu Egalitarianism: Equality or Justice? (ISBN 978-81-291-0833-3
- Advaita Vedanta (Ludwig Verlag, 2006) ISBN 978-3-7787-8186-9
- Are Human Rights Western?: A Contribution to the Dialogue of Civilizations (ISBN 978-0-19-567948-9
- Modern Hindu Thought: An Introduction (ISBN 978-0-19-567638-9
- Dharma (DK Print World, 2005) ISBN 978-81-246-0270-6
- Sleep As a State of Consciousness in Advaita (ISBN 978-0-7914-6251-5
- The Buddhism Omnibus: Comprising Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada, and The Philosophy of Religion (ISBN 978-0-19-566898-8
- Her Voice, Her Faith: Women Speak On World Religions (ISBN 978-0-8133-4257-3
- Hinduism and Human Rights: A Conceptual Approach (Law in India) (ISBN 978-0-19-566585-7
- Advaita Vedanta: An Introduction (ISBN 978-81-208-2027-2
- The Study of Hinduism (ISBN 978-1-57003-449-7
- Hinduism and Its Sense of History (ISBN 978-0-19-566531-4
- Methodology in Religious Studies: The Interface With Women's Studies (ISBN 978-0-7914-5347-6
- Modern Hindu Thought: The Essential Texts (ISBN 978-0-19-565315-1
- Women in Indian Religions (ISBN 978-0-19-564634-4
- Religion in a Secular City: Essays in Honor of Harvey Cox (Trinity Press International, 2001) ISBN 978-1-56338-337-3
- Hinduism and Secularism: After Ayodhya (ISBN 978-0-333-79406-7
- Sati: Historical and Phenomenological Essays (ISBN 978-81-208-0464-7
- Annual Review of Women in World Religions, the (Annual Review of Women in World Religions) (ISBN 978-0-7914-5426-8
- Classical Hindu Thought: An Introduction (ISBN 978-0-19-564441-8
- The Annual Review of Women in World Religions (ISBN 978-0-7914-4346-0
- A Dome of Many Colors: Studies in Religious Pluralism, Identity, and Unity (Trinity Press International, 1999) ISBN 978-1-56338-267-3
- Feminism and World Religions (ISBN 978-0-7914-4024-7
- The Concept of Universal Religion in Modern Hindu Thought (ISBN 978-0-312-21647-4
- Neo-Hindu Views of Christianity (ISBN 978-90-04-08791-0
- The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective (ISBN 978-0-19-564272-8
- Women in World Religions (South Asia Books, 1995) ISBN 978-81-7030-428-9
- Our Religions: The Seven World Religions Introduced by Preeminent Scholars from Each Tradition(ISBN 978-0-06-067700-8
- The Little Clay Cart (ISBN 978-0-7914-1726-3
- Today's Woman in World Religions (ISBN 978-0-7914-1687-7
- The Experiential Dimension of Advaita Vedanta (ISBN 978-81-208-1058-7
- The Annual Review of Women in World Religions: Heroic Women (ISBN 978-0-7914-1611-2
References
- ^ Dr. Arvind Sharma, Emory University Hindu Students Council, retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ "Prof Arvind Sharma on how history suggests religious tolerance leads to peace, prosperity". Firstpost. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Arvind Sharma Archived 27 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ Sharma, Arvind. "Avrind Sharma - Biography". Arvind Sharma's personal website.
- ^ Sharma, Arvind. "Curriculum Vitae - Arvind Sharma" (PDF). www.arvindsharma.org.
- ^ "McGill University Archives".
- ^ Arvind Sharma, The World's Religions: A Contemporary Reader, Fortress Press, 2010, p. 379
- ^ Profile on the website of McGill University
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