in English, summa cum laude, from the Honors College of Baylor University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

[1] He has also pursued post-doctoral studies at the International Buddhist Meditation Centre, Wat Mahadhatu, Bangkok, Thailand; the Himalayan Yogic Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal; the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey; and the Subodhi Institute in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka.

He was a recipient of the “Distinguished Service Award” from the Viswayogi Viswamji Foundation for Universal Integration and Peace in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, for “outstanding and dedicated community service and exceptional efforts to promote ‘human values and culture.’”[6] Muesse has produced four lecture series and companion books for The Great Courses, including The Great Religions: Hinduism; Religions of the Axial Age; Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad; and Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation .

[7] His books include Redeeming Men: Religion and Masculinities (with Stephen Boyd and Merle Longwood);[8] The Hindu Traditions: A Concise Introduction,[9][10] which was awarded a Certificate of Special Distinction by the Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies; The Age of the Sages: The Axial Age in Asia and the Near East.

Muesse's philosophical perspective has been shaped by Paul Tillich, the later Martin Heidegger and Pierre Hadot.