Rita Sherma. Dr. Sherma is Associate Professor of Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and Director of GTU’s Hindu Studies Initiative. A distinguished scholar and prolific writer, her academic specialties include Hindu Theology and Ethics, Science and Religions, Women and Hindu Goddess Studies and Comparative Theology. We spoke of many topics around religion and academia, especially the treatment of Hinduism in the academy.

Rita Sherma. Dr. Sherma is Associate Professor of Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and Director of GTU’s Hindu Studies Initiative. A distinguished scholar and prolific writer, her academic specialties include Hindu Theology and Ethics, Science and Religions, Women and Hindu Goddess Studies and Comparative Theology. We spoke of many topics around religion and academia, especially the treatment of Hinduism in the academy.

Rita Sherma. Dr. Sherma is Associate Professor of Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and Director of GTU’s Hindu Studies Initiative. A distinguished scholar and prolific writer, her academic specialties include Hindu Theology and Ethics, Science and Religions, Women and Hindu Goddess Studies and Comparative Theology. We spoke of many topics around religion and academia, especially the treatment of Hinduism in the academy.

Varun Soni. Dr. Soni is Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, the first Hindu to hold that position at an American university. With a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, he is also an adjunct professor at USC and the author of Natural Mystics: The Prophetic Lives of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We spoke about Hinduism, his unique background and what it’s like to serve the religious and spiritual needs of a diverse college population.

Varun Soni. Dr. Soni is Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, the first Hindu to hold that position at an American university. With a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, he is also an adjunct professor at USC and the author of Natural Mystics: The Prophetic Lives of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We spoke about Hinduism, his unique background and what it’s like to serve the religious and spiritual needs of a diverse college population.

Varun Soni. Dr. Soni is Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, the first Hindu to hold that position at an American university. With a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, he is also an adjunct professor at USC and the author of Natural Mystics: The Prophetic Lives of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We spoke about Hinduism, his unique background and what it’s like to serve the religious and spiritual needs of a diverse college population.

Varun Soni. Dr. Soni is Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, the first Hindu to hold that position at an American university. With a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, he is also an adjunct professor at USC and the author of Natural Mystics: The Prophetic Lives of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We spoke about Hinduism, his unique background and what it’s like to serve the religious and spiritual needs of a diverse college population.

Rita Sherma. Dr. Sherma is Associate Professor of Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and Director of GTU’s Hindu Studies Initiative. A distinguished scholar and prolific writer, her academic specialties include Hindu Theology and Ethics, Science and Religions, Women and Hindu Goddess Studies and Comparative Theology. We spoke of many topics around religion and academia, especially the treatment of Hinduism in the academy.

Rita Sherma Discussion by Discussion by Dennis and Phil

Charles T. Tart. Dr. Tart is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, and is renowned for his research on consciousness and parapsychology. One of the founders of transpersonal psychology, he is the author of many books, including Altered States of Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychologies. His most recent book is The End of Materialism. We spoke of science and spirituality and the many lessons he’s learned over half a century of research and scholarship.