Professor, University of Pretoria

Maniraj Sukdaven is an associate professor and director of the Oxford Centre for Religion, Public Life, and Security in Africa at the University of Pretoria. In addition, he is an adjunct professor in Christianity at the University of Tehran and a minister of religion in the Reformed Church in Africa. Previously, he taught at the University of the Free State in South Africa. Professor Sukdaven holds a bachelor of theology degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal as well as a master’s degree in religion studies and a PhD in Hinduism from the University of the Free State. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as chapters in books, and he is the coauthor of three books on African intellectual heritage. His main areas of academic research are interreligious, intra-religious, and trans-religious dialogues and their impact on religious beliefs and practices, religious worldviews, and social cohesion.