Klaus Klostermaier

Klaus Konrad Klostermaier (born 1933 in Munich ) is a German researcher on Hinduism and the history of India and the culture of India.

Life

Klostermaier received his PhD in Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1961 and in Indology from the University of Bombay in 1969 .

In 1970 he became a member of the Faculty of Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He also worked there from 1986 to 1995 as head of a center for religion and culture.

In 1998 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and served at the University of Manitoba as Head of the Faculty of Religious Studies and Director of the Asian Studies Center .

In 2004 a commemorative publication was published in his honor. Klostermaier spent ten years in India researching primary sources in various languages, including Sanskrit , Hindi , Pali , Latin , Greek , German , Italian and French .

Works

• Hinduism: A Beginner's Guide (2008), ISBN 978-1-85168-538-7 .
• The Nature of Nature: Explorations in Science, Philosophy and Religion (2004);
• Hindu Writings: A Short Introduction to the Major Sources (2001); ISBN 978-1-85168-230-0 .
• A Survey of Hinduism (3rd ed. 2007); ISBN 978-0-7914-7082-4 .
• Hinduism: A Short History (2000), ISBN 978-1-85168-213-3 .
• Buddhism: A Short Introduction (1999), ISBN 978-1-85168-186-0 .
• Indian Theology in Dialogue (1986);
• Mythologies and Philosophies of Salvation in the Theistic Traditions of India (1984), ISBN 978-0-88920-158-3 .
• Hindu and Christian in Vrindaban (1969), ISBN 978-0-334-00616-9 .
• In the paradise of Krishna; Hindu and Christian seekers , ISBN 978-0-664-24904-5 .
• A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism , Oneworld, ISBN 978-1-85168-175-4 .
• A Short Introduction to Hinduism (1998) ISBN 978-1-85168-163-1 .
• Hinduism .
• Indian theology in dialogue .
• Kristvidya: A sketch of an Indian Christology .
• Liberation, salvation, self-realization: A comparative study of Hindu, Buddhist and Christian ideas .
• The body of God: Cosmos - Avatara - Image .
• Religious studies: issues, prospects, and proposals with Larry W. Hurtado, ISBN 978-1-55540-623-3 .
• Masters of social thought with Ajit Kumar Sinha.
• The Nature of Nature: Explorations in Science, Philosophy, and Religion .
• The wisdom of Hinduism , ISBN 978-1-85168-227-0 .
• From end to beginning .
• Hindu-Christian Dialogue .
• Freedom without violence .
• Vedic Aryans and the Origins of Civilization: A Literary and Scientific Perspective with Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram , David Frawley , ISBN 978-81-85990-36-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Klaus K. Klostermaier - oneworld-publications.com