Paul Williams (philosopher)

Paul Williams (b. 1950) is Emeritus Professor in Indian Religions at the University of Bristol, England. He is also director for the University's Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Williams studied at the University of Sussex's School of African & Asian Studies where he graduated with a first class BA in 1972. He then went on to study Buddhist Philosophy at Wadham College, University of Oxford, 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.^[1][2]

References

External links

• Paul Williams at University of Bristol 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