Klaus Klostermaier
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Klaus Klostermaier (born 1933 in Munich, Germany) is a researcher on Hinduism and Indian history and culture. He obtained a PhD in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome in 1961, and another in "Ancient Indian History and Culture" from the University of Bombay in 1969. He was the Director of Academic Affairs at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies from 1997-1998. [1]He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and (as of 2006) is currently teaching as University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba (Canada), where he is also the founder and director of an "Asian Studies Center".
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- The Nature of Nature: Explorations in Science, Philosophy and Religion (Theosophical Publishing House 2004);
- Hindu Writings: A Short Introduction to the Major Sources (Oneworld Books, 2001);
- A Survey of Hinduism (2nd ed. 1994);
- Indian Theology in Dialogue (1986);
- Mythologies and Philosophies of Salvation in the Theistic Traditions of India (1984);
- Hindu and Christian in Vrindavan (1969).
