- (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press (2017)
- (NY: Oxford U. Press, 2016)
- (NC: Duke University Press Books, 2011)
- (HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2009)
- (NY: Columbia U. Press, 2004).
- (Albany: SUNY Press, 2003) Editor
- (NY: Oxford U. Press, 1996)
- The Anagatavamsa Desana (Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass, 1993)
- (NY: Oxford U. Press, 1991) American Academic Book Award for Excellence in 1992
- Discipline: the Canonical Buddhism of the Vinayapitaka (Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass, 1981)
- A Guide to the Buddhist Religion (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1981)
John Holt
William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies Emeritus
John Clifford Holt joined the 91亚色传媒 faculty in 1978. He taught courses about Asian religious traditions, especially Hinduism and Buddhism, as well as courses on theoretical approaches to the study of religion. In 1982, he organized and founded the Inter-collegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program for a consortium of private liberal arts colleges, and in 1986 he became the first chair of 91亚色传媒's Asian Studies Program.
Education
- PhD, History of Religions, University of Chicago
- AM, History and Phenomenology of Religions with Distinction, Graduate Theological Union, University of California-Berkeley
- AB (cum laude), History, Gustavus Adolphus College