George Bond
 Professor of Religion
Office: Crowe Hall, 1860 Campus Drive, 4-143
Phone: (847) 491-2619
E-Mail: gbond@northwestern.edu
George D. Bond, professor of Religion, specializes in Buddhist studies and the history of religion. He works primarily on Theravada Buddhism studying the texts and the practice of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and also studied at the University of Sri Lanka.
His teaching focuses on Buddhism, Hinduism and the history of religion. He has been a recipient of the Charles Deering McCormick Professorship of Teaching Excellence, the Northwestern Alumni Association's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award.
His publications include: The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka (1988), The Word of the Buddha (1980), Sainthood: Its Manifestations in World Religions (1988), which he co-authored and edited with Richard Kieckhefer; and Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment and the Sarvodaya Movement (2004 )He has also written numerous articles on Buddhist texts and Buddhist practice. One recent article, entitled "The Contemporary Lay Meditation Movement and Lay Gurus in Sri Lanka," appeared in Religion (2004). Currently he is working on a book about socially engaged Buddhist movements.
He has served as president of the Midwest region of the American Academy of Religion and as co-chair of the Buddhism Section of the national American Academy of Religion. He has been an officer and a board member of the American Institute for Sri Lanka Studies and has served as overseas director for the American Institute for Sri Lanka Studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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