Reynolds, F.

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works
MainNamePhon	Frank E. Reynolds
bio	Reynolds, who died on Jan. 9 at age 88, was a leading expert in Theravada Buddhism, a religion predominantly practiced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. He is remembered not only for his lasting impact on the field, but for his work as a teacher and mentor during his 34 years on the UChicago faculty. . . .       An ordained Baptist minister, Reynolds, AM’63, PhD’71, spent three years teaching at a university in Thailand before becoming a UChicago graduate student. His experience working with Christians, Buddhists and Muslims in Bangkok led him to seek a non-sectarian, empirically oriented approach to religious studies.       In 1967, Reynolds joined the faculty at the University of Chicago, where his interests ranged from Thai civic religion to religious studies in the liberal arts. But Reynolds was held in particularly high regard for his work to deepen knowledge of Theravada Buddhism.       Reynolds held editorial responsibilities for various academic publications, including a decades-long stint as co-editor of the History of Religions Journal. Along with wife Mani Bloch he published a translation of a 14th-century Thai Buddhist cosmology, The Three Worlds of King Ruang (1982).       He retired in 2001 as Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions and Buddhist Studies in the Divinity School and the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.       In 2010, Reynolds received the Norman Maclean Faculty Award from UChicago in recognition of his outstanding contributions to teaching and to the student experience of life on campus. Reynolds’ mentorship extended to colleagues as well, with Doniger calling him “the finest teacher I’ve ever known.” (Adapted from Source Sept 16, 2020)
YearBirth	1930
YearDeath	2019
affiliation	University of Chicago
phduniversity	University of Chicago
publications	Books Two Wheels of Dhamma: Essays on the Theravada Tradition in India and Ceylon, (AAR Studies in Religion, 1972) The Biographical Process: Essays in the History and Psychology of Religion (Mouton, 1976)
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Frank E. Reynolds

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Frank E. Reynolds is co-author of Two Wheels of Dhamma and co-editor of The Biographical Process: Essays in the History and Psychology of Religion. He teaches Buddhist Studies at Chicago and has been Evans-Wentz Lecturer at Stanford.Earle H. Waugh, who teaches Religious Studies at Alberta, holds degrees from McMaster and Chicago. He wrote "Muhammad as Model in the Sufi Tradition" for The Biographical Process, and is project director for a film series on religious diversity.