John E. Cort (born 1953) is an American indologist. He is a professor of Asian and Comparative Religions at

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, where he is also Chair of the Department of Religion. He has studied

Jainism Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religions, Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current ...

and the history of Jain society over four decades, authored several books on Jainism, and is one of the editors of the forthcoming Brill Encyclopedia of Jainism. According to a review published in 2006 by Peter Flügel, the influence of the studies and publications of Cort on Jainism "have been immense", and in some respects dominated the field of Jain studies. Cort's studies have also included those on comparative Indology, such as a comparison of caste systems in Jainism and Hinduism. Cort has a BA (1974) and MA (1982) in South Asian Studies from the

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and an AM (1984) and PhD (1989) from

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* 1953 births Living people University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Harvard University alumni Denison University faculty American Indologists Scholars of Jainism {{reli-studies-bio-stub