Faculty Bio

Blake Michael

Amrine-Sharp-David Professor and Swan-Collins-Allen Professor in the Department of Philosophy & Religion

Education

• A.B., University of North Carolina
• M.Div., Ph.D., Harvard University

About

Blake Michael's special interests are in religious phenomena of Asian cultures. He teaches courses about the religious life of Hindus, Buddhists, Confucians, Shintoists, Muslims, and others, and about the ways in which Asian religions challenge contemporary American culture.

Areas of Interest / Expertise

• Religious phenomena of Asian cultures
• Gandhi
• Contemporary thought on religious pluralism
• Religious cults
• World religion—Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam

Publications / Presentations

• "Introduction" to Garcha Rajinder, World of Islam in Literature for Youth (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2006).
• The Origins of Virasaiva Sects (Delhi: Motilal Barnasidass, 1994).