Strong, J.
| English Phonetics | John S. Strong |
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| Sort Name | Strong, John |
| Birth: | 1948/09/13 |
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| Place of birth: | Tongzhou, Hebei, China |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Bates College
PhD University
- University of Chicago
Education
- Ph.D. in the History of Religions, University of Chicago, 1977. Dissertation: "Making Merit in the Aśokāvadāna: A Study of Buddhist Acts of Offering in the Post-Parinirvāṇa Age."
- M.A., Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1972. Thesis: "Tibetan Buddhists in Switzerland: A Study of Religion in Exile."
- B.A., Oberlin College, 1969
Biographical Information
John S. Strong is an American academic, who is the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus at Bates College in the Department of Religious Studies. Strong specializes in Buddhist studies and with emphasis on the Buddha's biography, relics, and the legends and cults of South Asia. (Source Accessed June 24, 2021)
John Strong came to Bates in 1978, and holds a Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Chicago, an M.A. from Hartford Seminary Foundation, and a B.A. from Oberlin College. He retired from teaching in 2017.
His research program is in the area of Buddhist Studies, with a special focus on Buddhist legendary and cultic traditions in India and South Asia. He has received fellowships for his work from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Peradeniya, the University of Chicago, and Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford Universities. He is the author of numerous articles and of The Legend of King Asoka (Princeton, 1983), The Legend and Cult of Upagupta (Princeton, 1992), The Experience of Buddhism (Wadsworth, 1995), The Buddha: A Beginner's Guide (OneWorld Publications, 2001), Relics of the Buddha (Princeton, 2004), and Buddhisms: An Introduction (OneWorld, 2015). (Source Accessed June 24, 2021)
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Full Name[edit]
John S. Strong