Francis X. Clooney (Boston College)

submitted: 15 Mar 1994 12:17:33 -0500

Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Associate Professor of Comparative Theology
and Director of Graduate Studies
Boston College

Mailing Address: 
Theology Department
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA  02167-3806

Phone: 617 552 3884 
Fax:   617 552 0794
email: Clooney-TH@hermes.bc.edu
 
Description of my work:

South Asian Studies:
Sanskrit: Purva Mimamsa, Advaita and Visistadvaita, Vedanta;
Tamil: Alvars, ancient and modern Vaisnava literature;
in Sanskrit and Tamil manipravala,  commentaries on alvars

History of Religion:
orthodoxy and orthopraxis, text, commentary and traditional hermeneutics; 
problems in comparative study of religions and theologies

Theology:
Christian theology in its encounters with various religions, particularly
in light of the preceding foci;  also, missionaries in India and their
reception of aspects of Hinduism. 

[Vaishnava / Vaisnava]