Seevaratham Wesley Ariarajah is a theologian, professor, and former director of inter-religions relations at the World Council of Churches (WCC).
Ariarajah studied Theology at King's College London.
A Methodist minister from Sri Lanka, he served both in the pastoral ministry of the church and as lecturer in the history of religions and New Testament in Sri Lanka.
From 1992 he served as the Deputy General Secretary of the WCC.
He has given lectures, conducted seminars, led conferences in many parts of the world and today is Professor at Drew University, Madison, USA.