Anand Veeraraj

Anand Veeraraj is an ordained minister in the Church of South India and serves as the Pastor-emeritus of the Trinity Community Church [United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church-USA], in Princeton, New Jersey. For many years, he served as the Research Director of the New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital, New York. He promotes the Meghalayan Congress and Seminars, directs the EcoCovenant Academy-India, and supports sustainable environmental projects in tribal and rural India. He is the author of the books, Green History of Religion, and Earthen Vessels: The Paradox of Christian Leadership and the editor of the book, Pilgrims at the Crossroads: Asian Indian Christians at the North American Frontier. He has written over 50 scholarly and popular essays for journals and book chapters. He earned a PhD in Religion and Ecology from Claremont Graduate School, California. He lives with his family in Warminster, Pennsylvania.