Ursula King STL (Paris), MA (Delhi) PhD (London), is Professor Emerita of Theology and Religious Studies and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol, England. Educated in Germany, France, India, and England, she has lectured all over the world, including India, China, Japan, South Korea and South Africa. She has published widely on gender issues in religions, modern Hinduism, interfaith dialogue, spirituality, and on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, especially his biography Spirit of Fire and his selected spiritual writings in the Orbis Books’ Modern Spiritual Masters Series. She has held several visiting chairs in the USA and Norway, and been awarded honorary doctorates by the universities of Edinburgh, Oslo, and Dayton, Ohio.
Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin by Ursula King