Eric J. Lott[1] (born 27 May 1934 in North Devon, England)[2] is a religious scholar who taught in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Lott was ordained in 1962[2] in the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Dornakal during the Bishopric of P. Solomon,[5] as a Presbyter of the Church of South India.
Lott first taught at the Andhra Union Theological College, Dornakal from 1962 to 1964[6] along with Victor Premasagar, then Lecturer of Old Testament.
In 1973, the Andhra Christian Theological College released Service for All Seasons,[11] Lott's ecumenical worship book, which continues to be the primary worship book for students of Baptist, Lutheran, Anglican, Pentecostal, and Methodist backgrounds studying theology at the seminary in Hyderabad.
The student's thesis was on self-proclaimed avatar Sai Baba; when Lott offered revision suggestions, the student balked, since he believed that the "spirit of Sathya Sai Baba" had already taken control of the thesis and it could not be revised, lest the spirit got disturbed.
[17] An amateur ornithologist, Lott contributed to knowledge on several Indian bird species through his observations and writings, which include: In 1985 the Indian Institute of World Culture, Bengaluru, invited Lott to deliver the Justice B. Vasudevamurthy Memorial Lecture.
[26] In 1996 David C. Scott and Israel Selvanayagam brought out a festschrift published for the United Theological College and entitled Re-Visioning India's Religious Traditions in Lott's honour on his turning 60.