Professor Julius Lipner

Sanskritic Hindu thought, including classical Vedanta, and 19th-century Bengal; comparative study, with special reference to Hinduism and Indian Christianity

Elected 2008

Year elected: 2008
Subjects: Religion
Website: http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/julius-lipner/

Current post

Professor of Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Chairman, Faculty Board of Divinity

Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

University of Cambridge Professor of Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion, University of Cambridge

Jan 2003 -

Publications

Brahmabandhab Upadhyay: Life and Thought of a Revolutionary (OUP,Delhi) 1999

Hindus: their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Routledge, London) 1994/1998

Anandamath, or The Sacred Brotherhood(OUP, New York) 2005

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