About the Author Anand Amaladass SJ studied philosophy and Catholic Theology. He took a Master's degree in Sanskrit and a Ph. D. from the University of Madras in 1981. Since 1984, he is teaching at Satya Nilayam Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy in Chennai, now part of the Loyola (Autonomous) College, Chennai. He was Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Sanskrit. Since hi post-doctoral studies at Vienna University, Austria in 1982-1984, he has taught nearly every year as a visiting professor during the summer terms in Vienna. He has also been visiting faculty at the Wurzburg University, Germany and the Gregorian University in Rome. His area of research includes Indian philosophy and religion, aesthetics and interfaith dialogue. More than 40 books have been written or edited by him including a publication on the Dhvani theory in Indian Aesthetics (Vienna, Austria, 1984) and four in the German language on various Hindu gos and goddesses. He has also published around 100 articles in English and in Indian books and Journals. Amaladass was the founder and editor of Satya Nilayama Chennai Journal of Intercultural Philosophy and co-editor of the Journal of Christian Hindu Studies for 20 years. Gudrun Lowner studied Protestant Theology and comparative religion in Bochum, Wuppertal, Geneva and Heidelberg, Her Ph. D was from Heidelberg University in 1997 after intensive field studies in Sri Lanka. Her thesis has the title Religion and Development in Sri Lanka. She came to India after working in a Centre of Intercultural Encounter in Herne. Her studies were supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in Cologne, Germany. In 2008 she received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her academic and social work in India. Presently she is on the staff of the Protstant Univeristy of Wuppertal, Germany, Her areas of research include Buddhism, Inda and arts. She has published her thesis and coauthroed with Petra Kaupp a book studded with beautiful pictures on Indian: Schatztruhe Indien (Indian Treasures), New Delhi 2005. Her recent book Christliche Themen in der indischen Kunst (Christian Themes in Indian Art), Frankfurt 2009, is an abridged version of the present volume, which is presented here totally anew together with more than 1,100 rare illustrations. Read more
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