Ariel Glucklich

Ariel Glucklich is Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, specialising in Hinduism and the Psychology of Religion. He has been engaged in researching a religious community in the remote Negev desert of Israel. In 2002, his book Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul won both the American Academy of Religion award for best book and the Association of American Publishers award for best book in philosophy and religion.