Arvind Sharma

Arvind Sharma
Born (1940-01-13) 13 January 1940 (age 84)
NationalityIndian
Alma materAllahabad 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 forComparative 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
FieldsReligious Studies
InstitutionsMcGill University
WebsiteArvind Sharma

Arvind Sharma (born 13 January 1940) 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]

  1. ^ Dr. Arvind Sharma, Emory University Hindu Students Council, retrieved 2015-04-10.