Francis X. Clooney, S.J., joined the Harvard Divinity School faculty in 2005, where he is the Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology. After earning his doctorate in South Asian languages and civilizations (University of Chicago, 1984), he taught at Boston College for 21 years before coming to Harvard.

Clooney is the author of numerous articles and books, with his most recent including Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics: Why and How It Matters (University of Virgina Press, 2019) and Western Jesuit Scholars in India: Tracing Their Paths, Reassessing Their Goals (Brill, 2020).

Forthcoming is a new translation of the Hindu theologian Ramanuja’s Manual of Daily Worship (Nityagrantham), in the International Journal of Hindu Studies.

• Clooney, Francis X.. Comparative Theology: Deep Learning Across Religious Borders. Germany: Wiley, 2011. 
• Clooney, Francis X. “Reading Religiously across Religious Borders: A Method for Comparative Study.” Religions 9, no. 2 (2018): 2-12.