Rupert Gethin

Dr. Rupert Gethin (b. 1957 Edinburgh) is a Lecturer in Indian Religions in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, and co-director of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, at the University of Bristol, and (since 2003) President of the Pali Text Society. He holds a BA in Comparative Religion (1980), a Masters Degree in Buddhist Studies (1982), and a PhD in Buddhist Studies (1987), all from the University of Manchester. He was appointed Lecturer in Indian Religions by the University of Bristol in 1987, and then Reader In Buddhist Studies in 2005.

His 1998 book The Foundations of Buddhism is frequently used in university-level classes on Buddhism in English-speaking countries.

External Links

• Gethin's staff page at the University of Bristol - Contains a publication history and biography