Paul Williams is Emeritus Professor in India

India

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n Religions at the University of Bristol

University of Bristol

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, England

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. He is also director for the University's Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Williams studied at the University of Sussex

University of Sussex

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's School of African & Asia

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n Studies where he graduated with a first class BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1972. He then went on to study Buddhist Philosophy at Wadham College, University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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, where he was awarded his DPhil in 1978. His main research interests are Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy, Prasangika Madhyamaka and Virtue Ethics.

Williams was a Buddhist himself for many years but has since converted to Roman Catholicism, an experience he wrote about in his book The Unexpected Way.

External links

• Paul Williams at University of Bristol
  University of Bristol
  The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
  
  Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Select bibliography

• Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies Edited and with a new introduction by Paul Williams (London: Routledge, 2005). Eight volumes. ISBN 978-0-415-33226-2
• Songs of Love, Poems of Sadness: The Erotic Verse of the 6th Dalai Lama (IB Taurus, 2004). ISBN 978-1-85043-479-5
• The Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism (London: T & T Clark, 2002). ISBN 978-0-567-08830-7
• Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (London: Routledge, 2000). ISBN 978-0-415-20701-0
• Altruism and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryavatara (Richmond: Curzon Press, 1998). ISBN 978-0-7007-1031-7
• The Reflexive Nature of Awareness: A Tibetan Madhyamaka Defence (Richmond: Curzon Press, 1998). ISBN 978-0-7007-1030-0
• Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (London: Routledge,1989). ISBN 978-0415356534