Gavin Flood

Gavin Flood
Born 1954
Academic work
Main interests Religious studies, tantra, comparative religion, Hinduism
Notable works Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge University Press 1996), Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of religion. (Cassell 1999)

Gavin Dennis Flood (born 1954) FBA is a British scholar of comparative religion specialising in Shaivism and phenomenology,[1] but with research interests that span South Asian traditions.[2] From October 2005 through December 2015 he served in the Faculty of Theology University of Oxford and as the Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies which is a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford.[3] In 2008 Flood was granted the title of Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion from the University of Oxford. In 2014 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[4] In November 2015, it was announced that Dr. Flood would become the inaugural Yap Kim Hao Professor of Comparative Religious Studies at Yale-NUS College in Singapore; taking up the position from January 2016.[5]

Flood's 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.

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References and notes

  1. Flood, G. (2003). "The Sacred and the Profane: Contemporary Demands On Hermeneutics". Literature and Theology 17 (4): 478–479. doi:10.1093/litthe/17.4.478. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  2. "SpringerLink - Journal Article". www.springerlink.com. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  3. "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.)
  4. "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  5. "Yale-NUS College Welcomes Two Distinguished Scholars as Named Professors". 11 November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. Flood, G.D. (2004). The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition. Cambridge University Press.
  7. Flood, G.D. (1996). An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press.
  8. Fenn, R.K. (2001). The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion. Blackwell Publishers.
  9. Holm, J.; Bowker, J.W. (1994). Rites of Passage. Pinter Pub Ltd.

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