Gavin Flood

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Gavin Flood
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Born 1954 (age 68–69)
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 Template:Post-nominals (born 1954) 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, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[4] In 2016, Flood became the inaugural Yap Kim Hao Professor of Comparative Religious Studies at Yale-NUS College in Singapore.[5] He is a Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford.[6]

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Flood's books include:

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  1. Flood, G. (2003). "The Sacred and the Profane: Contemporary Demands On Hermeneutics" [archive]. Literature and Theology. 17 (4): 478–479. doi:10.1093/litthe/17.4.478 [archive]. Retrieved 2008-05-15.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  2. Brockington, John (1998). "Review of An Introduction to Hinduism". Indo-Iranian Journal. Springer. 41: 78–82. doi:10.1023/A:1003055919458 [archive].<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  3. "University of Oxford, Faculty of Theology and Religion" [archive]. theology.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> (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" [archive]. Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  5. "Yale-NUS College Welcomes Two Distinguished Scholars as Named Professors" [archive]. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  6. http://www.campion.ox.ac.uk/user/50 [archive]

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