Women of Other Faiths
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Rita D. Sherma
Known For: Professor and Executive Director, Confluence School of Faith Studies at Takasha University, Virginia
Faith: Hinduism
Country: United States
About
Dr. Rita Sherma holds an M.A. in Religion and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Theology and Ethics). She is the Co-Founder and Vice-President of DANAM (Dharma Academy of North America) and the Co-Founder and former President of Foundation for Indic Philosophy and Culture (FIPC) at the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Sherma is Professor and Executive Director at the Confluence School of Faith Studies at Taksha University, Virginia. She is coeditor of the forthcoming Journal of Dharma Studies, and has authored numerous essays, articles, and book chapters on religion and philosophy, as well as several encyclopedia articles in volumes such as the Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions and the Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Previous publications include co-authorship of five edited books, including Dying, Death, and Afterlife in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions (2007); Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought (2008), and Woman and Goddess in Hinduism: Reinterpretations and Re-envisionings (2011).
