Hoffman and Deegalle Mahinda (Surrey, UK: Curzon Press, 1996) Nirvanaya saha sadacaraya(Nugegoda: Deepani Press, 1986) ARTICLES “Asceticism: Buddhist Perspectives” (89-92), “Death Rituals: Buddhist” (364-67), “Marathon Monks” (821-22), “Monasticism, Definitions of: Buddhist Perspectives” (868-71), “Music: Buddhist Perspectives” (909-911), “Sri Lanka: History” (1198-99), “Sri Lanka: Recent Changes” (1200), “Temple: Buddhist” (1238-40), and “Virtues: Buddhist” (1329-30) in Encyclopedia of Monasticism, ed. of Chicago, 1989-93 PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS Popularizing Buddhism, State University of New York Press, 2006 Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka, Routledge, 2006 Bana saha budusamaya (Wadduwa: Wivekarama Sanvardhana Padanama, 1997). Study of Religions, School of Historical & Cultural Studies Bath Spa University Newton Park Bath, Somerset BA2 9BN United KingdomĪsian History / Studies Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies Religious Studies and TheologyĮDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Doctor of Philosophy: History of Religions, 1995 DISSERTATION Bana: Buddhist Preaching in Sri Lanka(Special Focus on the Two-pulpit Tradition) HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Master of Theological Studies: Comparative Religion, 1989 UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honors, 1985 TEACHING COMPETENCE: PRIMARY: Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, Indian Buddhism, Pali, Sanskrit and Sinhala Languages, Methods in the Study of Religions SECONDARY: Japanese Religions, Comparative Religious Ethics, War, Peace and Violence COURSES TAUGHT: Bath Spa University, UK "Buddhism," "Buddhism in Practice," "Japanese Religions," "Studying Religions," "Introduction to Religion," "Religion and Contemporary Issues," "Ethics in Religious and Humanist Traditions," "Buddhism in the Contemporary World," "War and Peace" "An Introduction to Ethical Enquiry" "Beyond Belief," "Comparative Monasticism" Cornell University, NY, USA "Intensive Sinhala Language" McGill University, Montreal, Canada “Mahayana in Theravada” “Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand” Antioch Buddhist Studies Program, Kyoto, Japan "Philosophy and Historical Development of Buddhism in Japan" The University of Chicago, Center for Continuing Studies "Theravada Buddhism" Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka "Buddhist Philosophy," "Buddhist Social and Political Philosophy" RESEARCH Research Fellow, International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, May-July 1999 Foreign Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Visiting Research Fellow, Aichi Gakuin University, 1997-99 Research Collaborator, Kyoto University, 1995-96 Research Fellow, Sophia University South Asian Bibliographer Assistant and Cataloger, U. I am working on Theravada Buddhist Preaching, Mahayana and Theravada Interactions in Sri Lanka, Sinhala devotional literature related to Butsarana, Buddhist asceticism in Asia, Peace, Reconciliation, War and Violence