Current positions:

• Professor of Sociology (since 1993), Global Studies (since 1998), and Religious Studies (since 2002)
• Director, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies (since 2005)

Previous positions:

• Director, Global & International Studies (1995-2005) University of California, Santa Barbara
• Chair, Pacific Rim Research Program, Univ of California system (1994-97)
• Dean, Asian and Pacific Studies, and Professor of Religion and Political Science, University of Hawaii (1989-93)
• Coordinator, Religious Studies Program, Univ of California, Berkeley, Professor and Director, Comparative Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley (1974-89)

Education:

• University of California, Berkeley (Political Science; PhD, 1974 and MA, 1968)
• Union Theological Seminary, New York City (Ethics; MDiv, 1965)
• Columbia University (School of International Affairs, 1963-65)
• Univ of Illinois, Urbana (Philosophy, BA distinction, 1962)

Languages studied:

Hindi, Panjabi, Urdu, German, Latin

Honors, Fellowships and Grants:

• International Fellow, Columbia University, 1963-65
• Visiting Professor, Punjab University (India) 1970-71
• Indo-American Fellowship (Fulbright) India, 1978
• American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Research Grant, India, 1979, 1983, 1985 and 1986
• Co-Director, NEH Berkeley-Harvard Program in Comparative Religion (1979-84)
  and NEH Berkeley-Chicago-Harvard Program (1984-89)
• Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Smithsonian Institution), 1986
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, Univ of California-Santa Cruz, 1988
• Fellow, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, 1988-90
• Fellow, U. S. Institute of Peace, 1989-91
• Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies, 1996
• Halle Distinguished Visiting Professor of Global Learning, Emory University, 2002
• Elected Member, Pacific Council, Los Angeles, 2002
• Grawemeyer Award in Religion, 2003
• Silver Medal, Queen Sofia Center for the Study of Conflict, Valencia, Spain, 2004
• Honorary Doctorate, Lehigh University, 2004

Publications: Books

Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, third edition (Univ of California Press, 2003); first edition, 2000; paperback edition, 2001; India edition, 2001 (Oxford Univ Press); Spanish edition, 2001, Italian edition, 2003 (G. Laterza, Publisher); French edition, 2003; Japanese edition, 2003; German edition, 2004; Indonesian edition, 2005.

The New Cold War? Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State (University of California Press, 1993); paperback edition, 1994; Japanese edition, 1995; India edition, (Oxford 1995); Indonesian edition, 1998.

Gandhi's Way: A Handbook of Conflict Resolution (Univ of California Press, Updated Edition, 2005). Revised edition of Fighting With Gandhi (Harper and Row, 1984); paperback edition published as Fighting Fair, 1986.

Global Religions: An Introduction (editor), Oxford University Press, New York, 2003.

Religion in Global Civil Society (editor), (Oxford University Press, 2005).

A Handbook of Global Religions (editor), (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2006).

Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World (Editor), (London: Frank Cass, 1992).

Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith (Princeton University Press, 1991); paperback edition, 1995.

A Bibliographic Guide to the Comparative Study of Ethics (Co-editor) (Cambridge University Press, 1991).

Teaching the Introductory Course in Religious Studies (Editor) (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991).

Imagining India: Essays on Indian History by Ainslie Embree (Editor) (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989).

Songs of the Saints of India (Co-translator) (New York: Oxford University Press), 1988.

Religion as Social Vision: The Movement Against Untouchability in 20th Century Punjab (Berkeley: Univ of California Press, 1982); Revised edition, Religious Rebels in the Punjab (New Delhi: Ajanta, 1988).

Sikh Studies: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Tradition (co-editor) (Berkeley: Religious Studies Series and New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1979).

Encyclopedia of Global Religion (Co-editor) (Sage Publications, forthcoming).

Other publications:

Approximately 200 journal articles, booklets, encyclopedia entries, and chapters in books; 300 papers and addresses delivered at academic conferences.

Book series editor:

Comparative Studies in Religion and Society (University of California Press); The Life of Religion (University of California Press).

Journal editorial board member of:

Culture and Society; Global Networks; Religion; Journal of the American Academy of Religion; Contagion: Journal of Violence, Memesis, and Culture; International Journal of Studies in Religion; The Journal of Religion and Society; Punjab Journal of Politics; Journal of Punjab Studies.

Media appearances:

Television:

CNN Evening News, CNN International News, CNN The Point; ABC News, ABC Politically Incorrect; NBC News; CBS Evening News; Fox News; MSNBC News Special; MSNBC Dan Abrams Report; CNBC Dennis Miller Show; NHK (Japan) News Special; local interviews in New York, Washington, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Santa Barbara, Oslo, Jakarta, Delhi, Tokyo, Valencia, Madrid, Berlin, Rome, Milan, and elsewhere.

Radio:

NPR All Things Considered; BBC; Australian, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Brazilian radio, and approximately 150 local and syndicated news and talk shows.