David Lorenzen is a scholar of religious studies and emeritus professor of South Asian history at El Colegio de México. His academic research has concentrated mainly on the history of Hindu and Christian religious movements in India. Among his books are The Kapalikas and Kalamukhas; Kabir Legends and Ananta-das’s Kabir Parachai; and Praises for a Formless God: Nirguni Texts from North India.