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Gavin Flood a prominent scholar of Hinduism with specialization in Shaivism, phenomenology, comparative religion and theories of the text.[1] From October 2005 he is an Academic Director of OCHS[1] which is a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford. [2] and is currently the senior lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. [3]
With research interests that span South Asian traditions,[4] Prof. Flood 's history of research and publication is notable. His publications include An Introduction to Hinduism; Body and Cosmology in Kashmir Saivism; and Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of Religion. He is also the editor of The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism.
Prof.Flood remarked: "I have always had a general interest in Hinduism,even as a boy when I remember reading an article in the Encyclopedia Britannica that was utterly compelling and utterly incomprehensible for me at the time!" Hindu studies, he says, should be devoted to "the deepening of knowledge about Hindu traditions, the development of reflection on the arts and literature (particularly in the vernacular) of Indian culture, and the development of Hindu theological reasoning from within those traditions,in ways that meet modern criteria of rigour.[5] We might add that the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies has a further pedagogical responsibility to disseminate information and knowledge about Hindu traditions to both 'insiders' and 'outsiders'."[6][7]
Publications
- The Tantric Body: The Secret Tradition of Hindu Religion. London: I.B. Tauris,2006
- The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition. (Cambridge University Press 2006)[8]
- Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of religion. (Cassell 1999)
- Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge University Press 1996)[9]
- Editor of The Blacwell Companion to Hinduism (Blackwell 2003).[10]
- Rites of passage (1994)[11]
References and notes
- ^ Flood, G. (2003). "The Sacred and the Profane: Contemporary Demands On Hermeneutics". Literature and Theology. 17 (4): 478–479. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "University of Oxford, Faculty of Theology". resources.theology.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-15. (A Recognised Independent Centre is an institution that is not part of the University, but works with the University in research and teaching.)
- ^ "Gavin Flood : Religion Compass". www.blackwell-compass.com. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "SpringerLink - Journal Article". www.springerlink.com. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ Flood, G. (1998). "10. Rites of passage". Themes and Issues in Hinduism. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies". www.ochs.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ Flood, G. (1999). "Hinduism Reconsidered". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 62 (2): 373–374. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ Flood, G.D. (2004). The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Flood, G.D. (1996). An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Fenn, R.K. (2001). The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion. Blackwell Publishers.
- ^ Holm, J. (1994). Rites of Passage. Pinter Pub Ltd.
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Links
- "University of Oxford, Faculty of Theology". resources.theology.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-15.