Arvind Sharma

Arvind Sharma
Born	Varanasi, India
Residence	Canada
Fields	Religious Studies
Institutions	McGill University
Alma mater	Allahabad University (B.A.), Syracuse University (M.A.), Harvard University (M.T., PhD)

Arvind Sharma is the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. Sharma's works focus on comparative religion, Hinduism, and the role of women in religion. Some of his more famous works include Our Religions and Women in World Religions. Feminism in World Religions was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book (1999).

Biography

Born in Varanasi, India, Arvind Sharma earned a B.A. in History, Economics, and Sanskrit from Allahabad University in 1958. In 1962, Sharma joined the Indian Administrative Service, serving in Gujarat until 1968. In 1971 he received an M.A. from Syracuse University and in 1974 earned a Masters in Theology from Harvard University. In 1978 he obtained his Ph.D. in Sanskrit from Harvard University. In 1976 he was appointed to the position of Lecturer in Asian Religions at the University of Queensland and in 1980 he took a similar position at the University of Sydney.

In 1987, Sharma took the position of Associate Professor of Religious Studies at McGill University in Montreal. He is currently the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion there. Sharma was the first Infinity Foundation Visiting professor of Indic Studies at Harvard. He has held fellowships at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Brookings Institution, the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life, and the Center for Business and Government. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Sharma currently writes two blogs entitled "Indological Provocations" and "The Comparative Study of Religion".

Bibliography

• 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

External links

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