Mahinda Deegalle

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Mahinda Deegalle
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In a discussion at SOAS in 2024
Education
OccupationAcademic
Employer Bath Spa University

Mahinda Deegalle is a scholar and writer who teaches at Bath Spa University. In 2000, he held the Numata Professorship in Buddhist Studies at McGill University. He writes both in Sinhala and English.

Life

Deegalle is the author of Popularizing Buddhism: Preaching as Performance in Sri Lanka (State University of New York Press, 2006), [1] the editor of Dharma to the UK: A Centennial Celebration of Buddhist Legacy (World Buddhist Foundation, 2008), [2] Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka (Routledge, 2006), [3] and the co-editor of Pali Buddhism (Curzon, 1996). [4]

Deegalle attended the University of Peradeniya and obtained a B.A. Honours degree in Buddhist Studies. He studied Comparative Religion at Harvard University, [5] where he obtained a Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree. He obtained a Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Chicago.

Deegalle serves in the Steering Committee of the Buddhism Section of the American Academy of Religion [6] and of the managing committee of the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions. He is the editor-in-chief of Buddhist-Christian Studies . [7]

References

  1. Popularizing Buddhism. Sunypress.edu. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  2. "9780951895726: Dharma to the UK : A Centennial Celebration of Buddhist Legacy - AbeBooks - Deegalle Mahinda: 0951895729". AbeBooks. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  3. Routledge (7 March 2006). "Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka (Hardback)". Routledge. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  4. Hoffman, Frank J.; Mahinda, Deegalle (1996). Pāli Buddhism - Frank J. Hoffman, Deegalle Mahinda - Google Books. Psychology Press. ISBN   9780700703593 . Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  5. "Harvard Divinity School Center for the Study of World Religions - Past Affiliates D-H". hds.harvard.edu. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  6. "American Academy of Religion". Aarweb.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  7. "Buddhist-Christian Studies". Uhpress.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 6 December 2011.