Sean Doyle

Ph.D., Asian History, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005 Specializations: south Asian cultural history, Asian Christianity

World History Sequence:
- Modern Asia
- Middle East
- Modern Africa
- India
Upper-Level History Courses:
- Global Christianity
- World Religions
- Traditional Asia
- Freedom Struggle: Gandhi and Mandela
Introductory Courses:
- Introduction to Historical Studies

Synthesizing the Vedanta: The Theology of Pierre Johanns S.J. Oxford: P. Lang, 2006.
“Reading John through Bhakti eyes: the Hermeneutics of A. J. Appasamy.” Chapter in World Christianity in Local Context (ed. Stephen Goodwin), Continuum Press, 2009.
“Prophetic Precepts or Divine Preeminence: Rammohan Roy vs. Joshua Marshman on the Significance of Jesus.” Chapter in Expect Great Things, Attempt Great Things: William Carey and Adoniram Judson, Mission Pioneers (ed. Allen Yeh and Chris Chun), Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2013.
“Drinking a Cup of Nectar: the Transformation of Lakshmibai Tilak.” Chapter in
Christianity in India: Conversion, Community Development, and Religious Freedom (ed. Joel Carpenter and Rebecca Shah), Fortress Press, 2018.
“The Calcutta School of Jesuit Indology: Its Influence upon Richard De Smet.” Chapter in Indian Christian Philosophizing: Thinking Along with and Ahead of Richard De Smet (ed. John Peter Vallabadoss), Christian World Imprints, 2025.
Light of the East: the Calcutta School of Jesuit Indology on Hindu Advaita Non-Dualism. Institute of Jesuit Sources: Boston College, 2026.
Light and Living Faith: the Spirituali of Italy- completed book manuscript in preparation for publication

My ongoing research involves examining the lives and thought of indigenous Christians and missionaries in India who engaged deeply with Hindu cultural traditions. I also have a secondary field of research related to vernacular expressions of faith in the Italian Reformation.
I love to travel. So far, I have visited over 25 different countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. I have lived and studied in Scotland for four years and taught in Italy for two years in the Geneva College Semester in Rome program. I participated in Geneva- sponsored travel courses to Ireland, Scotland, and Brazil.