Peter Gottschalk is a Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University. He received his
B.A. in History at the College of the Holy Cross, his M.A. in South Asian Studies at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his Ph.D. in the History of Religions from the
University of Chicago. Peter’s research and teaching concentrate on the dynamics of
cultural interpretation and conflict in the context of Islam, Hinduism, and the West. His
is interested particularly in understanding how assumptions of mutual antagonism form
between groups despite evidence of religious confluence. Peter enjoys presenting on these
topics and has discussed them in the U.S., India, Bangladesh, and Europe as well as on
Voice of America, Air America, and National Public Radio.
Articles
Books
Contributions to Books
Foreword, Building Communities in Gujarat: Architecture and Society during the Twelfth through Fourteenth Centuries (2004)
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