Akshay Gupta

Hinduism

Philosophy of Religion

Biography

Akshay Gupta holds a Master's Degree in Religious Studies from Duke University. He began his Ph.D in 2019. His dissertation aims to rationally reconstruct the theodicy (a response to the problem of evil) of the Caitanya Vaishnava theologian A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He is also interested in exploring how Hindu theological motifs can be drawn on as conceptual resources for improving societal conditions.

Research

Hinduism and the Philosophy of Religion

Vedantic Philosophy Theology

Caitanya Vaishnavism

Hindu Responses to Modernity

Hindu Sacred Texts

Publications

Key publications:

“Re-envisioning a Caitanya Vaiṣṇava ‘Perfect Being Theology’ and Demonstrating Its Theodical Implications” Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies vol. 33 (in press).