Dr Anna King 

Reader in Theology and Religious Studies 

Humanities and Social Sciences 

Email:

Anna.King@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

+44 (0)1962 827331 

Fax:

+44 (0)1962 827437 

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Biography

Dr Anna King has a background in social anthropology and is presently engaged on a film project on the Guru in ISKCON. Dr King is also attached to the University's Centre of Religions for Reconciliation and Peace; her main roles in TRS are research and supervisory activity.

Publications

'Waters of Devotions', in: The Intimate Other: Love Divine in Indian Religions.  A. King, and J. L. Brockington (eds). Delhi: Orient Longman 2005.

'Kumbha Mela and the Media', in: Indian Religians: Renaissance and Renewal in Indian Religions. A. King (ed). London: Equinox 2005.

Research Interests

For the past decade Anna King's research has focussed on Vaishnava beliefs and practices, Dalit ideologies and theologies, Islam post-9.11, and contemporary approaches to death and dying. Her broader research interests are in the following areas:

• Indian Religions, particularly Hinduism
• Religion and violence
• Interfaith conflict and transformation
• Gender, sexuality and religion
• Healing

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

Memberships

• Executive editor of the international journal Religions of South Asia
• Consultant to the Centre for Animal Ethics in Oxford
• Chair of the Cambridge University Dharam Hinduja
• Convenor and Chair of the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions