Dr Thom Wolf, PhD (Andrews Univ)
Dr Thom Wolf, PhD (Andrews Univ)
Dr Thom Wolf, PhD (Andrews Univ)
Professor, global studies, University Institute New Delhi India
Professor, global studies, University Institute New Delhi India
Professor, global studies, University Institute New Delhi India
DR THOM is a life member of the Indian Sociological Society and the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations; a sustaining fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology; and fellow, American Anthropological Association (Society for Cultural Anthropology). He has been a contributing editor of Forward Press, India’s first fully bilingual (Hindi-English) news magazine; and an international consultant, The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity (Oxford Univ Press 2012). He has a sustained interest in the ethical dimensions of comparative worldviews, cultural geo-lifezones, and in developing replicative leaders of integrity, compassion, and justice. In INDIA, he has served as visiting research professor, National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences Bhubaneswar; and Tirpude Institute of Management Education RTM Nagpur Univ; with lectures, seminars, as well as educational, leadership and community consultations, including: Lucknow Univ, Kashmir Univ, St. Stephens College Delhi Univ, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, Jamia Millia Islamia Univ, BUCC Guru Nanak Dev Univ Punjab, Indian Social Institute New Delhi, Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses New Delhi, Indian Institute of Advanced Study Shimla, and Din Bandhu|Friend of the Poor Nagpur. In 2007, Dr Thom was Chair, International Buddhist Practices Session, at the bicentennial 2,550 Anniversary Commemoration of the Buddha, in Bodh Gaya (Govt of India Ministry of Culture). His “Mahayana Buddhism: Tipping Point Buddhism” in B. Mungekar (ed.), Buddhism and the 21st Century (Govt of India & Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Univ 2009), was translated into Tibetan by Dalai Lama’s translator. In the USA and the AMERICAS, he is adjunct professor, global leadership, Andrews Univ; has been international fellow, Canyon Institute of Advance Studies, Phoenix; and research fellow, Rinker Center for Experiential Learning, Palm Beach Atlantic Univ. Lectures and speaking engagements include: Indiana Univ, Baylor Univ, Kim School of Intercultural Studies, Univ of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Univ of Southern California, Arizona State Univ, California State Univ Los Angeles, Univ of California Los Angeles, Univ of California Berkeley, Stanford Univ, Princeton Univ, Harvard Univ; Tyndale Univ College Toronto, Urban Life International Vancouver; and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Mexico City. In EUROPE, the MIDDLE EAST and GULF STATES, and ASIA, he has lectured on social change and development at Beijing Language & Culture Univ, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kunming Univ, Chiang Mai Univ Thailand, American Univ Dubai, Kabul Univ, Kateb Univ Kabul, Quaid-i-Azam Univ Islamabad, Iqra Univ Islamabad, Budget & Treasury Academy Moscow – Russian Federation Ministry of Finance, and National Univ of Singapore. COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATIONS STUDIES and TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE See https://www.academia.edu/38717251/Progress_Prone_and_Progress_Resistant_Cultures_Worldview_Issues_and_the_Baliraja_Proposal_of_Mah atma_Phule. Lecture Department of Social Work University of Lucknow 25 August 2006; and https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol74/iss74/ Comparative Civilizations Review 2016. Dr Thom’s publications include: The Global Conversation: EuroNAfricaMidEast Prague 2002; “Three Challenges for Buddhism of the 21st Century” 2007; India Progress-Prone 2008; Phule: His Own Words 2011, in Hindi and Marathi; Switzerland & Nepal 2012; Plenary Lecture, Indian Institute of Public Admin, Government of India 2014; WV3 Geo Lifezones 2015; “Development & the Indian Social System” Comparative Civilizations Review 2016; “Religious Nonfreedoms Traditions & Lack of Universal Education in the Indian Social System” in Religious Liberty & the Law Routledge 2018; “India’s Education Problems: Phule’s Critique” at Indian Social Institute New Delhi 2018; with P. Copan, “Another Dimension of the Moral Argument” Routledge 2020; and “Resources and Researchers: Short Commentaries on Listening to Emic and Etic Voices” Society for Applied Anthropology (https://www.appliedanthro.org/publications/news/august-2020/researchers-and-resources) 2020. UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE is focused around the crucial question of the global conversation: what is the best way to live life on this planet? To further the global conversation and life flourishing, UI convenes, connects, and collaborates educational experiences worldwide.
DR THOM is a life member of the Indian Sociological Society and the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations; a sustaining fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology; and fellow, American Anthropological Association (Society for Cultural Anthropology). He has been a contributing editor of Forward Press, India’s first fully bilingual (Hindi-English) news magazine; and an international consultant, The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity (Oxford Univ Press 2012). He has a sustained interest in the ethical dimensions of comparative worldviews, cultural geo-lifezones, and in developing replicative leaders of integrity, compassion, and justice. In INDIA, he has served as visiting research professor, National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences Bhubaneswar; and Tirpude Institute of Management Education RTM Nagpur Univ; with lectures, seminars, as well as educational, leadership and community consultations, including: Lucknow Univ, Kashmir Univ, St. Stephens College Delhi Univ, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, Jamia Millia Islamia Univ, BUCC Guru Nanak Dev Univ Punjab, Indian Social Institute New Delhi, Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses New Delhi, Indian Institute of Advanced Study Shimla, and Din Bandhu|Friend of the Poor Nagpur. In 2007, Dr Thom was Chair, International Buddhist Practices Session, at the bicentennial 2,550 Anniversary Commemoration of the Buddha, in Bodh Gaya (Govt of India Ministry of Culture). His “Mahayana Buddhism: Tipping Point Buddhism” in B. Mungekar (ed.), Buddhism and the 21st Century (Govt of India & Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Univ 2009), was translated into Tibetan by Dalai Lama’s translator. In the USA and the AMERICAS, he is adjunct professor, global leadership, Andrews Univ; has been international fellow, Canyon Institute of Advance Studies, Phoenix; and research fellow, Rinker Center for Experiential Learning, Palm Beach Atlantic Univ. Lectures and speaking engagements include: Indiana Univ, Baylor Univ, Kim School of Intercultural Studies, Univ of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Univ of Southern California, Arizona State Univ, California State Univ Los Angeles, Univ of California Los Angeles, Univ of California Berkeley, Stanford Univ, Princeton Univ, Harvard Univ; Tyndale Univ College Toronto, Urban Life International Vancouver; and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Mexico City. In EUROPE, the MIDDLE EAST and GULF STATES, and ASIA, he has lectured on social change and development at Beijing Language & Culture Univ, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kunming Univ, Chiang Mai Univ Thailand, American Univ Dubai, Kabul Univ, Kateb Univ Kabul, Quaid-i-Azam Univ Islamabad, Iqra Univ Islamabad, Budget & Treasury Academy Moscow – Russian Federation Ministry of Finance, and National Univ of Singapore. COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATIONS STUDIES and TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE See https://www.academia.edu/38717251/Progress_Prone_and_Progress_Resistant_Cultures_Worldview_Issues_and_the_Baliraja_Proposal_of_Mah atma_Phule. Lecture Department of Social Work University of Lucknow 25 August 2006; and https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol74/iss74/ Comparative Civilizations Review 2016. Dr Thom’s publications include: The Global Conversation: EuroNAfricaMidEast Prague 2002; “Three Challenges for Buddhism of the 21st Century” 2007; India Progress-Prone 2008; Phule: His Own Words 2011, in Hindi and Marathi; Switzerland & Nepal 2012; Plenary Lecture, Indian Institute of Public Admin, Government of India 2014; WV3 Geo Lifezones 2015; “Development & the Indian Social System” Comparative Civilizations Review 2016; “Religious Nonfreedoms Traditions & Lack of Universal Education in the Indian Social System” in Religious Liberty & the Law Routledge 2018; “India’s Education Problems: Phule’s Critique” at Indian Social Institute New Delhi 2018; with P. Copan, “Another Dimension of the Moral Argument” Routledge 2020; and “Resources and Researchers: Short Commentaries on Listening to Emic and Etic Voices” Society for Applied Anthropology (https://www.appliedanthro.org/publications/news/august-2020/researchers-and-resources) 2020. UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE is focused around the crucial question of the global conversation: what is the best way to live life on this planet? To further the global conversation and life flourishing, UI convenes, connects, and collaborates educational experiences worldwide.
DR THOM is a life member of the Indian Sociological Society and the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations; a sustaining fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology; and fellow, American Anthropological Association (Society for Cultural Anthropology). He has been a contributing editor of Forward Press, India’s first fully bilingual (Hindi-English) news magazine; and an international consultant, The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity (Oxford Univ Press 2012). He has a sustained interest in the ethical dimensions of comparative worldviews, cultural geo-lifezones, and in developing replicative leaders of integrity, compassion, and justice. In INDIA, he has served as visiting research professor, National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences Bhubaneswar; and Tirpude Institute of Management Education RTM Nagpur Univ; with lectures, seminars, as well as educational, leadership and community consultations, including: Lucknow Univ, Kashmir Univ, St. Stephens College Delhi Univ, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, Jamia Millia Islamia Univ, BUCC Guru Nanak Dev Univ Punjab, Indian Social Institute New Delhi, Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses New Delhi, Indian Institute of Advanced Study Shimla, and Din Bandhu|Friend of the Poor Nagpur. In 2007, Dr Thom was Chair, International Buddhist Practices Session, at the bicentennial 2,550 Anniversary Commemoration of the Buddha, in Bodh Gaya (Govt of India Ministry of Culture). His “Mahayana Buddhism: Tipping Point Buddhism” in B. Mungekar (ed.), Buddhism and the 21st Century (Govt of India & Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Univ 2009), was translated into Tibetan by Dalai Lama’s translator. In the USA and the AMERICAS, he is adjunct professor, global leadership, Andrews Univ; has been international fellow, Canyon Institute of Advance Studies, Phoenix; and research fellow, Rinker Center for Experiential Learning, Palm Beach Atlantic Univ. Lectures and speaking engagements include: Indiana Univ, Baylor Univ, Kim School of Intercultural Studies, Univ of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Univ of Southern California, Arizona State Univ, California State Univ Los Angeles, Univ of California Los Angeles, Univ of California Berkeley, Stanford Univ, Princeton Univ, Harvard Univ; Tyndale Univ College Toronto, Urban Life International Vancouver; and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Mexico City. In EUROPE, the MIDDLE EAST and GULF STATES, and ASIA, he has lectured on social change and development at Beijing Language & Culture Univ, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kunming Univ, Chiang Mai Univ Thailand, American Univ Dubai, Kabul Univ, Kateb Univ Kabul, Quaid-i-Azam Univ Islamabad, Iqra Univ Islamabad, Budget & Treasury Academy Moscow – Russian Federation Ministry of Finance, and National Univ of Singapore. COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATIONS STUDIES and TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE See https://www.academia.edu/38717251/Progress_Prone_and_Progress_Resistant_Cultures_Worldview_Issues_and_the_Baliraja_Proposal_of_Mah atma_Phule. Lecture Department of Social Work University of Lucknow 25 August 2006; and https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol74/iss74/ Comparative Civilizations Review 2016. Dr Thom’s publications include: The Global Conversation: EuroNAfricaMidEast Prague 2002; “Three Challenges for Buddhism of the 21st Century” 2007; India Progress-Prone 2008; Phule: His Own Words 2011, in Hindi and Marathi; Switzerland & Nepal 2012; Plenary Lecture, Indian Institute of Public Admin, Government of India 2014; WV3 Geo Lifezones 2015; “Development & the Indian Social System” Comparative Civilizations Review 2016; “Religious Nonfreedoms Traditions & Lack of Universal Education in the Indian Social System” in Religious Liberty & the Law Routledge 2018; “India’s Education Problems: Phule’s Critique” at Indian Social Institute New Delhi 2018; with P. Copan, “Another Dimension of the Moral Argument” Routledge 2020; and “Resources and Researchers: Short Commentaries on Listening to Emic and Etic Voices” Society for Applied Anthropology (https://www.appliedanthro.org/publications/news/august-2020/researchers-and-resources) 2020. UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE is focused around the crucial question of the global conversation: what is the best way to live life on this planet? To further the global conversation and life flourishing, UI convenes, connects, and collaborates educational experiences worldwide.
