Position
Honary Research Fellow, Religious Studies
Contact
Email: tgabriel@glos.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1242 714772
Dr Theodore Gabriel is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department. He was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Gloucestershire. He studied in both India and Britain and holds the following qualifications BA (Madras) BEd (Kerala), MA (Shivaji), MLitt (Aberdeen) PhD (Aberdeen). His research interests include: Islam in South and South East Asia, Hinduism in South India, Inter-religious relations, Tribal Religions. He is a Member of British Association for Study of Religions, European Association for Study of Religions, Tyndale Fellowship, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
His publications include:
Books
Islam and the Veil, (Co-Ed) Continuum Books, 2011
Playing God : Rituals and Belief in the Muttappan Cult of North Malabar, Equinox 2010
Christian Citizens in an Islamic State: The Pakistan Experience, Ashgate, December 2007
Isms - Understanding Religion, (Coauthor) Iquon Books 2007
Islam and the West Post-September 11th (Co-Edr) Ashgate 2004
Mysticisms East and West (Co-Ed) Paternoster 2003
Hindu and Muslim Inter-Religious Relations in Malaysia, Lampeter, E. Mellen Press 2000
Islam in the Contemporary World, (Ed) New Delhi, Vikas, 2000
Christian-Muslim Relations in Sarawak, East Malaysia, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing House, 1996,
Hindu-Muslim Relations in North Malabar 1498-1947 , Lampter, E. Mellen Press, 1996
Lakshadwep, History, Religion and Society, New Delhi, Books and Books, 1989
Articles
“Religious minorities and national identity in Pakistan”, in Harihar, Bhattacharya (Edr), The Politics of Citizenship, Identity and the State in South Asia , New Delhi, Samskriti, 2012, pp. 185-203
“The Sura Asura Theme in Hinduism” in Riddel, Peter and Beverley (Edrs), Angels and Demons, Apollos, 2007, pp. 126-139
“Brahminisation of Dravidian Religion: The case of the Muttappan cult of Malabar”, in King, Anna (Edr), Indian Religions, Renaissance and Renewal, Equinox, 2006, 214-230
"Is Islam against the West?", in Islam and the West Post-September 11th, Ashgate 2004
"Sufi mystics of the Lakshadweep Islands", in Mysticisms East and West, Paternoster, 2003
"The United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors", in Partridge, Christopher, (Edr), UFO Religions, Routledge, 2003, pp. 149-161
"Freeing the Tiyyas- Narayana Guru and Religious Ideology in Kerala" in Indian Insights, (Connoly, P and Hamilton, S Edrs), Luzac International, pp. 153 to 168 1996
"Parrot Song: Tunccatteruttaccan and the Hindu Epics", Social Research, Vol. 13 No. 1, May 1993, pp. 56-65993
Articles on "Tribal Religions of India", "The Nagas", and "All-India Muslim League" in Contemporary Religions- a World, Guide, London, Longman & Co, 1992