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{{Short description|American academic specializing in Buddhism (born 1948)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|09|13}}
| birth_place = Tongxian, [[Hebei]], China
| occupation = Professor
| workplaces = [[Bates College]]
| alma_mater = [[Oberlin College]]<br/>[[Hartford Seminary Foundation]]<br/>[[University of Chicago]]
| known_for = [[Buddhist Studies]]
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'''John S. Strong''' is an American academic, who is the [[Charles A. Dana (philanthropist)|Charles A. Dana]] Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at [[Bates College]]. Strong specializes in [[Buddhist studies]] and with emphasis on the Buddha's biography, relics, and the legends and cults of South Asia.

John Strong was born in China, and completed his secondary education in [[Switzerland]].<ref name="Lewiston_1982">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zwMgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2144,4435451&dq=john+s+strong+buddhist&hl=en | title = 3 Bates Profs Receive $66,000 in Fellowships | date = 1982-04-21 | accessdate = 2012-11-29 | publisher = [[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|The Lewiston Daily Sun]] }}</ref> He graduated from the [[Oberlin College]], where he joined the [[Phi Beta Kappa Society]]. He then obtained a master's degree at the [[Hartford Seminary Foundation]].<ref name="Lewiston_1986"/>

Strong received his [[Ph.D.]] in History of Religions from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1977, and joined Bates in 1978. He received a fellowship from the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] in 1982, as an Assistant Professor of Religion.<ref name="Lewiston_1982"/> He was promoted to a full professor in 1986.<ref name="Lewiston_1986">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wwggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FGUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4826,3337051&dq=bates+john-strong&hl=en | title = Bates College promotes two to full professor | date = 1986-04-17 | accessdate = 2012-11-29 | publisher = [[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|The Lewiston Daily Sun]] }}</ref>

==Research==
Strong's research program is in the area of Buddhist Studies, with a special focus on Buddhist legendary and cultic traditions in India and South Asia. He has received fellowships for his work from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has been a visiting professor at the [[University of Peradeniya]], the University of Chicago, and Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford Universities. He is the author of numerous articles and books on Buddhist topics:
* ''The Legend of [[King Asoka]]'' (Princeton, 1983);
* ''The Legend and Cult of [[Upagupta]]'' (Princeton, 1992);
* ''The Experience of Buddhism'' (Wadsworth, 1995);
* ''The Buddha: A Beginner’s Guide'' (OneWorld Publications, 2001);
* ''Relics of the Buddha'' (Princeton, 2004);
* ''Buddhisms: An Introduction'' (OneWorld, 2015).

== See also ==
* [[Trapusa and Bahalika]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.bates.edu/asian/faculty/asian-studies/strong-john-s/ Profile at Bates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624022537/http://www.bates.edu/asian/faculty/asian-studies/strong-john-s/ |date=2013-06-24 }}
* [http://www.bates.edu/asian/files/2010/08/CV-20113.pdf 2011 CV]
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Bharatwiki Socrates at 03:37, 2 December 2023