Arvind Sharma

Arvind Sharma
Born	(1940-01-13) 13 January 1940 (age 83) Benares, Benares State, British India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Allahabad University (B.A. 1958), Syracuse University (M.A. in economics, 1970), Harvard University (M.T.S. in Theological Studies, 1974; PhD in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, 1978)
Known for	Comparative Religion, the philosophy of religion, human rights and religion, theoretical and methodological issues in the study of religion, Advaita Vedanta, Hindu studies, Sanskrit studies, Women in religion
Scientific career
Fields	Religious Studies
Institutions	McGill University
Website	Arvind Sharma

Arvind Sharma is the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. Sharma's works focus on Hinduism, philosophy of religion. In editing books his works include Our Religions and Women in World Religions,Feminism in World Religions was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book (1999). ^[1]

Biography

Arvind Sharma was born on 13 January 1940 in Varanasi, India. He received his B.A. from 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 (Harper Collins Publishers, 2018) ISBN   978-9-352-64102-4
• Hinduism as a Missionary Religion (State University of New York Press, 2011) ISBN   978-1-4384-3211-3
• The Philosophy of Religion and Advaita Vedanta (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008) ISBN   978-0-271-02832-3
• Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution: Religion Today and Tomorrow (Praeger Publishers, 2008) ISBN   978-0-313-35899-9
• Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons (Springer, 2008) 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 (Brill Academic Publishers, 2005) 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 (State University of New York Press, 2007) 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 (World Wisdom, 2006) ISBN   978-1-933316-17-8
• Hindu Egalitarianism: Equality or Justice? (Rupa & Co., 2006) 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 (Oxford University Press, 2006) ISBN   978-0-19-567948-9
• Modern Hindu Thought: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2005) 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 (State University of New York Press, 2004) ISBN   978-0-7914-6251-5
• The Buddhism Omnibus: Comprising Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada, and The Philosophy of Religion (Oxford University Press, 2004) ISBN   978-0-19-566898-8
• Her Voice, Her Faith: Women Speak On World Religions (Westview Press, 2004) ISBN   978-0-8133-4257-3
• Hinduism and Human Rights: A Conceptual Approach (Law in India) (Oxford University Press, 2004) ISBN   978-0-19-566585-7
• Advaita Vedanta: An Introduction (Motilal Banarsidass, 2004) ISBN   978-81-208-2027-2
• The Study of Hinduism (University of South Carolina Press, 2003) ISBN   978-1-57003-449-7
• Hinduism and Its Sense of History (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN   978-0-19-566531-4
• Methodology in Religious Studies: The Interface With Women's Studies (State University of New York Press, 2003) ISBN   978-0-7914-5347-6
• Modern Hindu Thought: The Essential Texts (Oxford University Press, 2002) ISBN   978-0-19-565315-1
• Women in Indian Religions (Oxford University Press, 2002) 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 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001) ISBN   978-0-333-79406-7
• Sati: Historical and Phenomenological Essays (Motilal Banarsidass, 2001) ISBN   978-81-208-0464-7
• Annual Review of Women in World Religions, the (Annual Review of Women in World Religions) (State University of New York Press, 2001) ISBN   978-0-7914-5426-8
• Classical Hindu Thought: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2000) ISBN   978-0-19-564441-8
• The Annual Review of Women in World Religions (State University of New York Press, 1999) 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 (State University of New York Press, 1998) ISBN   978-0-7914-4024-7
• The Concept of Universal Religion in Modern Hindu Thought (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998) ISBN   978-0-312-21647-4
• Neo-Hindu Views of Christianity (Brill Academic Publishers, 1988) ISBN   978-90-04-08791-0
• The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective (Oxford University Press, 1997) 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(HarperOne, 1994) ISBN   978-0-06-067700-8
• The Little Clay Cart (State University of New York Press, 1994) ISBN   978-0-7914-1726-3
• Today's Woman in World Religions (State University of New York Press, 1994) ISBN   978-0-7914-1687-7
• The Experiential Dimension of Advaita Vedanta (Motilal Banarsidass, 1993) ISBN   978-81-208-1058-7
• The Annual Review of Women in World Religions: Heroic Women (State University of New York Press, 1992) ISBN   978-0-7914-1611-2

References

1. Dr. Arvind Sharma, Emory University Hindu Students Council, retrieved 2015-04-10.
2. "Prof Arvind Sharma on how history suggests religious tolerance leads to peace, prosperity". Firstpost. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
3. Arvind Sharma Archived 27 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, retrieved 2015-04-10.
4. Sharma, Arvind. "Avrind Sharma - Biography". Arvind Sharma's personal website.
5. Sharma, Arvind. "Curriculum Vitae - Arvind Sharma" (PDF). www.arvindsharma.org.
6. "McGill University Archives".
7. Arvind Sharma, The World's Religions: A Contemporary Reader, Fortress Press, 2010, p. 379
8. Profile on the website of McGill University

External links

• Arvind Sharma
• Faculty page at McGill (Arvind Sharma)
• Audio: Arvind Sharma in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion show The Forum
• McGill University Archives (MUA)