Robert S. Ellwood

Robert S. Ellwood (born in Normal, Illinois in 1933) is an American academic, author and expert on world religions.

He was educated at the University of Colorado, Berkeley Divinity School and was awarded a PhD in History of Religions from the University of Chicago in 1967. He was Professor of World Religions at the University of Southern California from 1967 until 1997 and is now professor emeritus.