John R. Newman
Professor Newman is a cultural historian specializing in Asian religions whose teaching and research interests lie in the relationship between religion and its cultural context, and in issues in cross-cultural study and dialogue. He offers courses in the various Asian religious traditions, surveys of classical Asian arts and literatures, and a seminar on the history of Western study of Asia. His research focuses on Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, and he has studied and traveled in Asia for extended periods of time.
