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KPI Congress 15 th

Ven.
Prof. Dr.
Mahinda
Deegalle

Reader in Study of Religions, Philosophies and Ethics. School of

Humanities and Cultural Industries.
PhD [Chicago], MTS [Harvard], BA(Hons) [Peradeniya].

Professional
Qualifications:
Teaching and Learning Certificate of Advanced Professional Studies of Higher

Education, Bath Spa University, 2005

Membership
of
Professional
Bodies/Subject
Associations:
Steering Committee Member, Buddhism Section, American Academy of

Religion
Board Member, Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
Managing Committee Member, The Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions

Member, International Association of Buddhist Studies
Member, United Kingdom Association for Buddhist Studies

Member, British Association for the Study of Religions
Member, Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies
Member, The Pali Text Society

Board Member, International Council for Buddhist Development in Sri Lanka
(Ministry of Buddhist and Religious Affairs)

Teaching
Specialism:
(a) Buddhism (Classical, Medieval and Modern)

(b) Comparative Religious Ethics (with a focus on Buddhism and Christianity)
(c) Applied Ethics
(d) Japanese Religions (with a focus on Buddhism, Shinto and New Religions)

(e) Methodology in the Study of Religions (Phenomenological, Anthropological
and Postmodern approaches)

(f) Contemporary Religious Issues (Religious Conflicts, Violence, Terrorism, War
and Peace, Human Rights, Ecology, Sustainability, Values and Economic
Recession)

(g) World Religions (e.g. Hinduism)
(h) Comparative Monasticism (Japanese, Korean and Sri Lankan; Buddhist and Biographical
Information

Christian) and Interfaith Dialogue (Buddhist and Christian)