Pratap Kumar

P. Pratap Kumar , Ph.D UC. Santa Barbara, USA, currently works as Full Professor of Hinduism and Comparative Religions at University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. His most recent publications include The Goddess Lakshmi in South Indian Vaishnavism . Scholars Press, Atlanta, GA USA, 1997 and Hindus in South Africa: Their Traditions and Beliefs , Durban: University of Durban-Westville, 2000. He is currently working on: Methodological and Theoretical Issues in the Study of Hinduism; Historical...See more

P. Pratap Kumar , Ph.D UC. Santa Barbara, USA, currently works as Full Professor of Hinduism and Comparative Religions at University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. His most recent publications include The Goddess Lakshmi in South Indian Vaishnavism . Scholars Press, Atlanta, GA USA, 1997 and Hindus in South Africa: Their Traditions and Beliefs , Durban: University of Durban-Westville, 2000. He is currently working on: Methodological and Theoretical Issues in the Study of Hinduism; Historical issues in the study of the upanishadic genre of texts (A case study of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) . See less