G. P. V. Somaratna (Colombo Theological Seminary)

G.P.V. Somaratna
Professor
Colombo Theological Seminary
189 Dutugemunu Street
Kohuwela
Nugegoda, SRI LANKA

phones: 94/11-552-4257
        94/11-276-3182
fax:    94/11-552-4956
email:  somaratna@cts.lk
URL:    http://cts.lk

description of work:
Sri Lankan history; history of Christianity in Sri Lanka;
Sri Lankan Buddhism; Sri Lanka caste studies

Prof. Somaratna taught at the University of Colombo for 38 
years as Head of the Department of History and Political Science, 
Professor of Modern History and Chief Student Counsellor. He received his 
doctorate from the University of London. His subsequent theological 
studies were in Lee University, Cleveland and Fuller Theological Seminary 
(both US). He is a Visiting Professor at the Truman Institute of the 
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Lee University in Cleveland and Fuller 
Theological Seminary in California. Prof. Somaratna is a prolific 
researcher and author of books and articles to academic journals. His most 
recent contributions have been the Dictionary of Theology (Sinhala, 899 
pages), Sinhala Bible Encyclopaedia Volume 1-4; Classical Culture of 
Israel (Sinhala) are all published by CTS.

His articles Hero of the Cross: Mission of Colonel Arnolis Weerasooriya 
(1857 - 1888) (2001), The Superficial Success of the Reformation and the 
Ttrials of the Catholic Church (1658 - 1796) in Sri lanka (2003) and Sri 
Lanka, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam at the Dawn of the Sixteenth 
Century (2005) have been published in the Journals of the Colombo 
Theological Seminary (JCTS).