Book Title: Hindu Catholic Dialogue Commemorative Brochure 20150523
Author(s): United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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ANANTANAND RAMBACHAN, Ph. D.
Dr. Anantanand Rambachan is a Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College, Minnesota, USA. He is Visiting Professor at the University of Hamburg (Academy for the Study of World Religions), Germany. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Leeds in
the United Kingdom and completed three years of traditional Vedānta study in India with Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati. His books include, Accomplishing the Accomplished, The Limits of Scripture, The Advaita Worldview and A Hindu Theology of Liberation. Prof. Rambachan has been involved in the field of interreligious relations and dialogue for over twenty-five years, as a Hindu participant and analyst. Among his many public roles, Professor Rambachan is an advisor to Harvard University's Pluralism project, a member of the International Advisory Council for the Tony Blair Foundation, and President of the Board of Arigatou International, NY. The latter is an international inter
faith organization dedicated to mobilizing the resources of world religions for the wellbeing of children. Prof. Rambachan delivered the invocation address at the historic first White House Celebration of the Hindu festival of Diwali in 2003. The British Broadcasting Corporation broadcasted a series of 25 of his lectures on the Hindu tradition internationally.
COMMEMORATIVE BROCHURE
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