Background
Clothey, Frederick Wilson was born on February 29, 1936 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, (parents American citizens). Son of Frederick and Vesta Averill(Wilson) Clothey.
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This book is an unusual and scholarly introduction to the life, work, and significance of Arunakiri, a Tamil poet and mystic. The subject was instrumental in initiating a new wave of Hindu vernacular devotionalism in Tamil culture in the wake of severe Islamic incursions and an extended period of sanskritization. Arunakiri is important for a number of reasons, not the least being his role as the harbinger of a Tamil renaissance and as the exemplar of a classic poetic style that beautifully combines text and performance.Importantly, the author summarizes the literature on this poet, in both English and the vernacular languages, and places him in the context of Tamil and Hindu bhakti. This work offers for the first time readable translations of selections of his work, and explores the role this poet has been made to play in the nineteenth and twentieth century resurgence of Tamil Hindu devotionalism in South India and Southeast Asia.
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religious studies educator researcher
Clothey, Frederick Wilson was born on February 29, 1936 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, (parents American citizens). Son of Frederick and Vesta Averill(Wilson) Clothey.
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Theology, Aurora College, 1957. Bachelor of Divinity, Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1959. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1965, Doctor of Philosophy, 1968.
Director youth work General Conference, Adventist Church, Aurora, Illinois, 1959-1962.
Assistant professor religion Boston University, 1967-1974. From assistant professor.to professor religious studies U. Pittsburgh, since 1975, department chairman, 1978-1988, acting director Asian studies, 1979-1980.
Resident coordinator Great Lakes Colleges Association Year in India Program, Madurai, 1971-1972.
Director youth work General Conference Assistant professor religion Boston University, 1967-1974. Editor: Images of Manitoba: Religion and Historical Processin South Asia, 1982.
Director, producer of 6 films: Yakam: A Fire Ritual of South India, 1973, Skanda-Sasti: A Festival of Conquest, 1973, Pankuni Uttiram: Festival of Fertility, 1974, Consecration of a Temple, 1979, Pilgrimage to Pittsburgh, 1990, Journey of Faith: Orthodox Ritual in a Serbian American Community.
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Fellow American Institute Indian Studies (trustee1980). Member American Academy Religion, Association for Asian Studies, Society for South Indian Studies, Conference on Religion in South India.
Married Ann Irene Forbes Clothey, June 20, 1962. Children: Phillip W., Rebecca A., Frederick M., Sharmali J., Fathima.