Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is the Parkman Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School where he has taught since 2005, after 21 years at Boston College. His primary areas of Indological scholarship are theological commentarial writings in the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions of Hindu India. He is a leading figure globally in the field of comparative theology, and has also written widely on the Jesuit missionary tradition in India. He published with Anand Amaladass, S.J., Preaching Wisdom to the Wise: Three Treatises by Roberto de Nobili, SJ, Missionary and Scholar in 17th Century India (Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2000). Recent works include The Future of Hindu–Christian Studies: A Theological Inquiry (Routledge, 2017); Reading the Hindu and Christian Classics: Why and How Deep Learning Still Matters (University of Virginia Press, 2019); and a collection of essays, Western Jesuit Scholars in India: Tracing Their Paths, Reassessing Their Goals (Brill, 2020).