Ishwar C. Harris

Ishwar C. Harris (1943- ) is a professor of religion whose focus spans Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. He is considered an expert on the culture and history of India [ [http://www.worldwisdom.com/Public/Authors/Detail.asp?AuthorID=87&WhatType=1 Ishwar Harris: Life and Work] ] and is the author of several books and numerous articles on the topic of Eastern religions. His works have also dealt with Gandhian philosophy and the Sarvodaya movement.

Biography

In 1961 Harris received his B.A. from the Lucknow Christian College in India. This was followed by a M.Div. from the Howard Divinity School in 1967, S.T.M. from the Pacific School of Religion in 1969, and a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School in 1974. Harris taught religion at Rutgers University and San Bernardino State College before coming to the College of Wooster in 1981. He is currently the Synod Professor of Religious Studies there.

Harris is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society for Asian Studies, ASIANetwork, and the Ohio Academy of Religion. [ [http://www.wooster.edu/academics/programs/religion/faculty.php Religious Studies Faculty] ] Harris spent five weeks in 1999 at the Tofukuji Monastery in Kyoto with the Rinzai master and head abbot, Keido Fukushima. This was followed by a three-month trip in 2001 and a return trip in 2003. ["The Laughing Buddha of Tofukuji: The Life of Zen Master Keido Fukushima" (World Wisdom, 2004) page 145] The result of those trips was the book "The Laughing Buddha of Tofukuji".

Bibliography

* "The Laughing Buddha of Tofukuji: The Life of Zen Master Keido Fukushima" (World Wisdom, 2004) ISBN 978-0941532624
*"Gandhians in Contemporary India: The Vision and the Visionaries" (Edwin Mellen Press, 1998) ISBN 978-0773483521
*"Radhakrishnan, the profile of a universalist" (Minerva, 1982) ISBN 978-0836407785

ee also

*Keido Fukushima
*College of Wooster
*Gandhism

References

External Links

* [http://www.wooster.edu/academics/programs/religion/faculty.php Faculty Profile]
* [http://www.worldwisdom.com/Public/Authors/Detail.asp?AuthorID=87&WhatType=1 Author Page]