Gavin Flood

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{{Short description|British scholar of comparative religion (born 1954)}}

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| main_interests = Religious studies, tantra, comparative religion, Hinduism

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| major_works = Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge University Press 1996), Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of religion (Cassell 1999).

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Gavin Dennis Flood (born 1954) is a British scholar of comparative religion specialising in Shaivism and phenomenology,{{cite journal

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| title = The Sacred and the Profane: Contemporary Demands On Hermeneutics

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}} but with research interests that span South Asian traditions.

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|title=Review of An Introduction to Hinduism

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From October 2005 through December 2015, he served in the Faculty of Theology University of Oxford and as the Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies which is a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford.

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(A Recognised Independent Centre is an institution that is not part of the University, but works with the University in research and teaching.)

In 2008, Flood was granted the title of professor of Hindu studies and comparative religion from the University of Oxford. In 2014, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.{{cite web | url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/british-academy-announces-42-new-fellows/2014585.article | title=British Academy announces 42 new fellows | publisher=Times Higher Education | date=18 July 2014 | access-date=18 July 2014}} In 2016, Flood became the inaugural Yap Kim Hao Professor of Comparative Religious Studies at Yale-NUS College in Singapore.{{cite web | url=https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/newsroom/yale-nus-college-welcomes-two-distinguished-scholars-as-named-professors/ | title=Yale-NUS College Welcomes Two Distinguished Scholars as Named Professors | date=11 November 2015 | access-date= 23 January 2016}} He is a senior research fellow at Campion Hall, University of Oxford.{{Cite web |url=http://www.campion.ox.ac.uk/user/50 |title=Gavin.flood | Campion Hall |access-date=2019-03-18 |archive-date=2019-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605003655/http://www.campion.ox.ac.uk/user/50 |url-status=dead }}