12/07                                                   Tamara Sonn

 

Department of Religious Studies

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia  23187

 

 

    Education:              Ph.D., University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations:  Islamic Studies, 1983

 

M.A., University of Toronto, Department of Philosophy, 1975

 

B.A., University of Santa Clara, Department of Philosophy, 1971

 

 

Professional                William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities,

 Experience:               Department of Religious Studies, College of William and Mary (Fall 1999 -- present)

 

                                    Co-Director, College Scholars Program, College of William & Mary (Fall 2003 – Fall 2006)

           

                                    Professor, Religious Studies (Fall 1995 – Spring 2000)

                                    and Gov't. and Int'l. Affairs (Spring 1998 – Spring 2000),

                                    University of South Florida (on leave Fall 99 – Spring 2000)

 

Graduate Director, Department of Religious Studies,

                                    University of South Florida, Spring 1995 -- Spring 1998

 

Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of South Florida, Fall 1994 -- Spring 1996

 

Director, International Studies Program, St. John

Fisher College, Fall 1987 -- Spring 1994

 

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies,

St. John Fisher College, Fall 1991 -- 1994

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies,

                        St. John Fisher College, Fall 1987 -- Spring 1991

 

                                    Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Temple University, 1985 --1987

 

Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Religion, University of Iowa, Spring 1985

Fellowships,                2006 – National Bureau of Asian Research/Rockefeller Brothers

Grants, and                 Foundation, Senior Advisor for "Approaches to 'Moderate' Islam in

Awards:                      Asia – The Dynamics among Islam, Muslim Identity, Politics,

                                    and Society in Asia."  

 

2006 – United States Education Foundation in Pakistan,

Islamabad, Conference Grant

 

                                    2003 – United States Department of State, Canadian

                                    Embassy, Ottawa, Conference Grant

 

2001 – Dean’s Grant, College of William and Mary,

                                    Conference Funding

 

2000 – Dean’s Grant, College of William and Mary,

                        Conference Funding

 

1997 -- United States Information Agency, Cultural

Affairs Department, Islamabad Embassy:  Travel

grant

 

                                    1997 -- Institute of Strategic Studies, Pakistan --

                                    Hosting and providing local hospitality for "Islam,

                                    Democracy and the Challenges of the New Millenium"

                                    conference, August 1997, Islamabad

 

                                    1996 -- University of South Florida Library Special

                                    Collection Enhancement Grant for Islamic Studies

 

                                    1994 -- United States Institute of Peace:  "Islam in Post-          

                                    Apartheid South Africa," Conference in South Africa,

                                    Aug. 5-8, 1994

 

1993 -- American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship  (September 1993-May 1994)

 

                                    1993 -- Presidential Summer Research Grant,

                                    St. John Fisher College

 

                                    1992 -- Trustees' Distinguished Scholarly Achievement

                                     Award, St. John Fisher College

 

            1988 -- Presidential Summer Research Grant,

                                    St. John Fisher College

 

 

Grants, etc.                 1979 -- United States Title VI (Foreign Languages Area Studies)

cont'd.                         Fellowship, University of Chicago

 

1978 -- University of Chicago Graduate School Fellowship

 

1974 -- University of Toronto Graduate School Fellowship

 

 

Professional                President, American Council for the Study of Islamic

Associations               Societies (ACSIS), 2000 -- 2004.

and Service:

                                    Editor-in-Chief, Religion Compass

                                    (http://www.blackwell-compass.com/home_religion_compass)

 

                                    Member, Academic Advisory Board, Center for Muslim-

                                    Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, 2000--                     

                       

                                    Member, Review Panel, American Council of Learned

                                    Societies, 2002-03.

 

                                    Member, Editorial Board, Studies in Contemporary Islam.

 

                        Vice-President, American Council for the

                        Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), 1998 -- 2000.

 

                        General Editor of "Islam and the World" Series,

                                    Scholars Press.  1996 --99 .

 

                                    Member, Board of Directors, Center for the Study of Islam

                                    and Democracy.  (1999 -- .  2000 Program Committee member.)

 

                                    Member, Editorial Board of "South Florida, Rochester,

                        St. Louis Studies on Religion and the Social Order"

                        Series, Scholars Press.  1994 -- 1999 .

 

                        Member, Albert Hourani Book Award Committee,

            Middle East Studies Association, 1995.

 

                        Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of

                                    Comparative Religion and Philosophy, 1996 --.

 

                        United States Institute of Peace, member of review

                        panel, 1993.

 

                                    National Endowment for the Humanities, member of

                                    review panel, 1992.

Professional

Associations,              American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies

continued                    (Program Committee, 1990-91, 1995-96, 1998-99;

 

                        1999-2000; Program Committee Chair, 1991-92, 1994-95; member   

                        of Board of Directors, 1992 -- present).

 

                                    Middle East Studies Association (Member 1991          

                                    Nominating Committee).

 

                        Associate Editor MESA Bulletin, 1992 -- 1998.

 

                                      American Academy of Religion (Vice President of

                                    Eastern International Region, 1991-92).

 

                                     Member of editorial board, The Muslim World,

                                    1994 -- present.

 

Courses                      Introduction to Islam                 World Religions

Taught:                       Islamic Belief and Practice        Eastern Religions

Islam in Modern Times Introduction to

Islam and Politics                                  International Studies

Women in Islam                        Theory and Method in

Islamic Mysticism                                   Religious Studies

                        Islamic Philosophy                    Unity and Diversity in

                        Islamic Historiography                 the Middle East

                        Elementary Arabic                    Arabic Lit. in Translation

           

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books                                 

 

The Qur'an:  An Encyclopedia.  Associate editor. (Routledge, 2005)

 

            A Brief History of Islam (Blackwell, 2004; second edition forthcoming 2008)

 

The Islamic World:  Past and Present, Encyclopedia co-edited with John L. Esposito, John O. Voll, Abdulaziz Sachedina (Oxford University Press, 2004)

 

            The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Co-editor with Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr.

            Oxford University Press, 2003.

 

Studies in Contemporary Islam:  Special Issue on Religious and Ethnic

            Minorities, Co-edited with Mumtaz Ahmad and Mustansir Mir (Vol. 5,

            Nos. 1-2 (Spring and Fall 2003).

 

 

PUBLICATIONS --  Books (cont'd.)

 

Comparing Religions through Law:  A Sourcebook for Judaism and Islam, with Jacob Neusner and Jonathan Brockopp.  Routledge, 2000.

 

Comparing Religions through Law:  Judaism and Islam, with Jacob

Neusner.  Routledge, 1999.  (Voted “One of the Best Books of the 1990s" by the Journal of Law and Religion.)

 

Interpreting Islam:  Bandali Jawzi's Islamic Intellectual History.      Oxford University Press,1996.  (Choice “Book of the Year” award.)     

 

Islam and the Question of Minorities, Editor.  Scholars Press,1996.

 

Between Qur'an and Crown: The Challenge of Political Legitimacy in the   Arab World (Boulder, CO and London: Westview Press, 1990). 

 

            The State and Islam: The Challenge of Political       

Legitimacy in the Muslim World (Lahore, Pakistan:  Pak Book Corporation, 1991).  South Asia edition of Between Qur'an and Crown.

 

Books Edited in "Islam and the World" Series (Scholars Press):

 

            Muslims on the Americanization Path?  (1998).  Yvonne Y. Haddad and

John L. Esposito.  Reissued by Oxford University Press, 2000.

 

The Shaping of an American Islamic Discourse:  A Memorial to

            Fazlur Rahman  (1999).  Earle H. Waugh and Frederick C. Denny.

           

            The Ideology and Social Base of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood:         

1945-93  (1999).  Marion Boulby.

 

Books in Progress

 

            Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.  On-Line.  Co-editor.   2008.

 

            Oxford Islamic Studies Online.  Co-editor.  2008

 

            Handbook of Islam.  Co-edited with Akbar Ahmed.  London:  Sage. Forthcoming

2007.

 

The Religion Toolkit:  The Complete Guide to Studying Religion.  Co-written with John Morreall.  Oxford:  Wiley Blackwell.  Forthcoming, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS – cont'd.

 

 

 

 

 Chapters

 

Chapters in Print:

 

"Introducing [the Qur'an]" Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an, ed. Andrew Rippin (Oxford:  Blackwell, 2006):3-17.

 

"Elements of Government in Classical Islam," Islamic Democratic Discourse:  Theory, Debates, and Philosophical Perspectives.  Ed. M.A. Muqtedar Khan (New York:, Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield, 2006):21-36.

 

"The Power of Dialogue:  Redefining 'Us'" in After Terror:  Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations.  Ed. Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst (Cambridge: Polity, 2005):131-137. 

 

"Islam and Modernity:  Towards a Synthesis" in Modernization, Democracy, and Islam, ed. Shireen T. Hunter, Huma Malik (Praeger Publishers, January 2005):65-81.

 

“Phases of Political Islam.”  Religious Fundamentalism in the Contemporary World:  Critical Social and Political Issues.  Ed. Santosh Saha (New York:  Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield, 2004):93-126. 

 

"Muslims in South Africa:  A Very Visible Minority" in Muslim Minorities in the West. Ed. Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith (Walnut Creek, CA:  Alta Mira, 2002):255-64.

 

"Modernity, Islam, and the West," Muslims and the West:  Encounter and Dialogue.  Ed. Zafar Ishaq Ansari, John L. Esposito (Islamabad:  Islamic Research Institute; Washington DC:  Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, 2001):216-231.

 

"Islam and the Family" in Comparing Religious Traditions:  Ethics of Family Life.  Ed. Jacob Neusner  (Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth, 2000):67-90.

 

"Islam and Livelihood" in Comparing Religious Traditions:  Making an Honest Living. Ed. Jacob Neusner (Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth, 2000):68-90.

 

"Islam and the Virtuous Life" in Comparing Religious Traditions:  Life of Virtue.

Ed. Jacob Neusner (Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth, 2000):61-84.

PUBLICATIONS -- Chapters in Print, cont'd.

 

 

"Rationale and Results of Islam’s Prohibition of Interest" in Theories of Religion and Economic Action: Comparisons Among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.  Ed. Jacob Neusner  (Binghamton:  Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2000):57-68.

 

"Introduction"  to Muslim Understanding of Other Religions:  A Study of Ibn Hazm's Kitab al-Fasl fi'l-Milal wa'l-Ahwa' wa'l-Nihal.  (Islamabad:  International Institute of Islamic Thought and Islamic Research Institute, 2000):ix-xviii

 

“Islam and Economic Issues,”  Religion, Belief and Economic Behavior: 

Ancient Israel, Classical Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and Contemporary Ireland and Africa.  Ed. Jacob Neusner (Atlanta:  Scholars Press, 2000):165-189.

 

"Fazlur Rahman and Islamic Feminism," The Shaping of an American Islamic Discourse:  A Memorial to Fazlur Rahman.   Earle H. Waugh and Frederick C. Denny, eds.  (Atlanta:  Scholars Press, 1999):123-146.

 

"The State and the Sacred in Classical Islamic Thought," Religion and the Political Order:  The State and the Sacred in Classical and Contemporary Christianity, Islam, and Judaism  (Atlanta:  Scholars Press, 1996):209-230.

 

"The Islamic Call:  Social Justice and Political Realism," Islamic Identity and the Struggle for Justice in the World Today (Gainesville, etc:  University Press of Florida, 1996):64-76.

 

"Introduction," Islam and the Question of Minorities  (Atlanta, GA:  Scholars Press, 1996):1-26.

 

"Diversity in Rochester's Islamic Community," Muslim Communities in North America,  ed. Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith (Albany, NY:  State University of New York Press, 1994):279-292.

 

"The Dialogue Between Islam and Christianity," in Movements and Issues in World Religions:   An Analysis and Sourcebook of Developments Since 1945.   Ed. Chas. W.H. Fu and G.E. Spiegler (New York:  Greenwood Press,1989):437-474.

 

"Irregular Warfare and Terrorism in Islam: Asking the Right Questions," in Cross, Crescent, and Sword:  The Justification and Limitation of War in Western and Islamic Tradition, ed. J. T. Johnson and John Kelsay (New York:  Greenwood Press, 1990):129-148.

 

"Recasting Islamic Modernism:  In Search of Islamic Ethics," in Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions, Vol. II, ed. Wm. M. Brinner and Stephen D. Ricks.  Brown University Judaic Studies Series (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1989):205-25.

 

PUBLICATIONS --  cont'd.

 

 

"Arab-Americans in Education: Cultural Ambassadors?" in Baha Abu-Laban and Michael W. Suleiman, eds., Arab-Americans:  Continuity and Change (Belmont, MA:  Association of Arab American University Graduates, Inc., 1989):127-30.

 

"Syllabus: Islam in the Modern World," in Teaching Middle Eastern History, ed. Guity Nashat (New York:  Marcus Wiener, 1987):292-94.

 

 

Articles

 

Articles in Print:

 

"Teaching and Learning Guide for Islamic Fundamentalism and Political Islam."  History Compass 5/4 (2007):1457-1458.  (http://www.blackwell-compass.com/history/

 

"Islamic Fundamentalism and Political Islam."  History Compass 4/1 (2006):  181-185.  (http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/history/

 

"The Declining Influence of American Muslim Scholars in Pakistan" in Philippa Strum, ed. Muslims in the United States:  Identity, Influence, Innovation.  Washington DC:  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005:  121-130.

 

"Calendar," Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, ed. Oliver Leaman.  New York:  Routledge, 2005.

 

"Parents," Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, ed. Oliver Leaman.  New York:  Routledge, 2005.

 

"Taqlid," Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, ed. Oliver Leaman.  New York:  Routledge, 2005.

 

"asbab al-nuzul," Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, ed. Oliver Leaman.  New York:  Routledge, 2005.

 

"Companions of the Cave," Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, ed. Oliver Leaman.  New York:  Routledge, 2005.

 

“Queen Alia,” Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, 2nd Edition. Philip Mattar, editor. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

 

"HAMAS," Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World.  Richard C. Martin, editor.  New York:  Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS -- Articles in Print, cont'd.

 

“Women in Islamic Philosophy,” Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures.  General Ed. Suad Joseph.  Leiden:  Brill, 2003.

 

“Hizb Allah,” Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Richard C. Martin, editor.  New York:  Macmillan Reference, 2003.

 

“Comparare le religioni attraverso il diritto:  islam e ebraismo.”  Co-written with Jacob Neusner.  Annuario di diritto comparato delle religioni.  Vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2001):199-

214.  Translation of Chapter One, “Comparing Islam and Judaism in Particular,” of our Comparing Religions through Law (London and New York:  Routledge, 1999).   

 

“Democracy in Light of Classical Islamic Sources,” Muslim Democrat II:2 (June 2000):7.

 

"Islam," Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion (New York:  Macmillan 1999), I:489-94.

 

"Arab Muslim Women," Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion (New York:  Macmillan 1999), I:496-98.

 

"Islam," 1998 International Year Book.  New York:  Collier's, 1998:384.

 

"Islam," 1998 Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia Yearbook.  Funk & Wagnalls, 1998:352.

 

"Islam and the Arabic Language," The World & I  (September 1997):30-31.

 

"Islam and the Political Process in the Arab World:  A Post-Gulf War Update," Journal of  Developing Societies  XII:2 (December 1996): 191-204.

 

"Health and Medicine in the Islamic Tradition:  Fazlur Rahman's Views," forthcoming Journal of the Islamic Medical Association 28:4 (October 1996):189-94.

 

"Islam," 1997 International Year Book.  New York:  Colliers, 1997:361.

 

"Islam," 1997 Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Yearbook, Funk & Wagnalls Corp., 1997:350-51.

 

"Islam,"  1996 International Year Book.  New York:  Colliers, 1996:380-81.

 

"Islam," 1996 Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Yearbook, Funk & Wagnalls Corp., 1996:352-53.

 

"Political Authority in Classical Islamic Thought,"  The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences  13/3 (Fall 1996):309-24.

PUBLICATIONS -- Articles in Print, cont'd.

 

"Islam,"  1995 International Year Book (New York:  Colliers, 1996):381.

 

"Islam," 1995 Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Yearbook (New York:  Funk & Wagnalls Corp., 1995):351-52.

 

"Islam," 1994 International Year Book (New York:  Colliers, 1995):377-78.

 

"Islamic Jihad," The Harper Collins Dictionary of Religion, ed. Johathan Z. Smith (San Francisco:  Harper San Francisco, 1995):529.

 

"Tawhid," Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (New York:  Oxford University Press, 1995) IV:190-98.

 

"Fazlur Rahman," Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World  (New York:  Oxford University Press, 1995) III:408.

 

"Islamic Studies in South Africa," American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences.  11:2 (Summer 1994):273-81.

 

"Middle East Studies in South Africa," Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 28:1 (July 1994):14-17.

 

"Bandali al-Jawzi's Intellectual History of Islam:  An Original Interpretation from Azerbaijan," Islamic Studies  33:2-3 (Summer-Autumn 1994):203-226.

 

"Fazlur Rahman's Islamic Methodology," Muslim World, 81 (July/October 1991):212-230.

 

"The Islamic Alternative: Cause or Effect?", International Journal (Canadian Institute of International Affairs), 46, No. 2 (Spring 1991):290-325.  Abstracted in International Political Science Abstracts (September 1991).

 

"Bandali al-Jawzi:  Progressive Palestinian Politics?" in Muslim World, 74, Nos. 3-4 (July-August 1989):188-204.

 

"Arab-Americans in Education: Cultural Ambassadors?" in Arab Studies Quarterly, 11, Nos. 2 and 3 (Spring/Summer 1989):127-42. 

 

"Secularism and National Stability in Islam," in Arab Studies Quarterly, 9, No. 3 (1987):284-306.

 

"Bandali al-Jawzi:   A Link Between Soviet and Palestinian Muslims," in International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies, 3, No. 1 (1986):19-25.

 

PUBLICATIONS -- cont'd.

 

 

"Bandali al-Jawzi's Min Ta'rikh al-Harakat al-Fikriyyat fi'l-Islam:  The First Marxist Interpretation of Islam," International Journal of Middle East Studies, 17 (1985):89-107.

 

 

 

Reviews

 

Reviews in Print:

 

Akbar Ahmed's Islam Under Siege for Studies in Contemporary Islam.  Vol. 5:1-2(Spring-Fall 2003):183-189 (published Spring 2005).

 

Mohammed `Abed al-Jabri, Arab-Islamic Philosophy:  A Contemporary Critique.  International Journal of Middle East Studies 34 (Spring 2002):382-84.

 

Haifaa A. Jawad, The Rights of Women in Islam:  An Authentic Approach. Journal of Third World Studies, 18/1 (Spring 2001):295-97.

 

Manucher Parvin, Avicenna and I:  The Journey of Spirits, for Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (Spring 1997):111-12.

 

Daniel Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought, for Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 9/3 (1998):378-79.

 

Bahaa' Taher, Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery, for Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations.  Forthcoming. 

 

Kenneth Cragg, Faith and Life Negotiate:  A Christian Story-Study, for

Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 34/2 (Spring 1997):257-58.

 

Hans Kung and Jurgen Moltmann, eds., Islam:  A Challenge for Christianity, for Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 34/2 (Spring 1997):257-58.

 

Andrew Rippin, Muslims:  Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Vol. 2:  The Contemporary Period,  for Journal of Third World Studies, 12/2 (Fall 1995):511-514.

 

Barbara Stowasser, Women in the Qur'an, Traditions and Interpretation, for Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 29,1 (July 1995):119-20.

 

Halim Barakat, The Arab World:  Society, Culture, and State, for Journal of Third World Studies, 11/2 (Fall 1994):608-11.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS -- cont'd.

 

 

Dilip Hiro, The Longest War:  The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict, for Religious Studies Review , 20 (1994):71.

 

John Esposito, The Islamic Threat:  Myth or Reality?  For Middle East Insight, 9, 2 (January-February 1993):45-46.

 

Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, eds., Fundamentalisms Observed, forThe Journal of Asian Studies,  51 (November 1992):869-871.

 

Jo-Ann Gross, ed., Muslims in Central Asia:  Expressions of Identity and Change, for Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 26,2 (December 1992):259-60.

 

Robert Olson, The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism, 1880-1925, for The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 521 (May 1992):194.

 

Reuven Firestone, Journeys in Holy Lands:  The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legends in the Islamic Exegesis, for Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 29, 1 (Winter 1992):129-30.

 

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Toward an Islamic Reformation:  Civil Liberties, Human Rights, and International Law, for Religious Studies Review, 17 (1990):121.

 

Alan R. Taylor, The Islamic Question in Middle East Politics, for International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies, 7/ 2 (1990):117-121.

 

Bassam Tibi's The Crisis of Modern Islam: A Preindustrial Culture in the Scientific-Technological Age, tr. Judith von Sivers, for International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies 7, 2 (1990):117-121.

 

Julian Baldick, Mystical Islam:  An Introduction to Sufism, for The Middle East Journal 45,  1 (Winter 1991):151-52.

 

Bruce B. Lawrence's Defenders of God:  The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age and Ronald L. Nettler, Past Trials and Present Tribulations:  A Muslim Fundamentalist's View of the Jews, for Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 27/3 (Summer 1991):612-13.

 

Gerhard Endress' An Introduction to Islam, for Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 23 (1989):262-64.

 

Liana Badr, A Compass for the Sunflower, for The Middle East Journal, 44/3 (Summer 1990):526-27.  Reprinted in Middle East Times (27 November-3 December 1990).

 

 

PUBLICATIONS -- cont'd.

 

 

David Little, John Kelsay, and Adulaziz A. Sachedina, Human Rights and the Conflict of Cultures,  for Journal of Ecumencial Studies, 26/4 (Fall 1989):745.

 

David B. Nissman, The Soviet Union and Iranian Azerbaijan:  The Use of Nationalism for Political Penetration and Alexander J. Motyl's Will the Non-Russians Rebel? State,

 

Ethnicity, and Stability in the USSR, for The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 497 (May, 1988):191-93.

 

Alexandre Bennigsen and S. Embers Wimbush, Mystics and Commissars:  Sufism in the Soviet Union,  for The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 490 (1987):217-18.

 

Claude Geffre and Jean-Pierre Jossua, Monotheism, for Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 24/1 (1987):116-17.

 

Michael Yousef, Revolt Against Modernity:  Muslim Zealots and the West, for Middle East Journal, 40/3 (1986):521-22.  With:

 

Tareq Y. and Jacqueline S. Ismail, Government and Politics in Islam, for Middle East Journal, 40/3 (1986):521-22.

 

Francesco Gabrieli, Arab Historians of the Crusades, for Arab Studies Quarterly, 8/4 (1986):425-27.

 

Oliver Carre, Mystique et politique:  lecture revolutionnaire du Coran par Sayyid Qutb, for Middle East Journal, 39/4 (1985):868-69.

 

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Byron Haines and Ellison Findley, eds.,The Islamic Impact, for Arab Studies Quarterly, 8/1 (1986):90-93.

 

Aryeh Yodfat, The Soviet Union and the Arabian Peninsula, for Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 17/2 (1983):235-36.

 

Mangol Bayat, Mysticism and Dissent:  Socioreligious Thought in Qajar Iran, for Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 17/2 (1983):203-05.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT PRESENTATIONS:

 

"Caliphate and Theories of Government in Islam," Center for Naval Analyses,

Washington DC, April 9, 2007.

 

"The Struggle for Unity and Authority in Islam:  Reviving the Caliphate?" 

 886th Wilton Park Conference, West Sussex, UK.  May 3-5, 2007

 

"Critical Issues in Contemporary Islam," Fatimah Jinnah Women's University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, July 17, 2006.

 

"Current Debates on Madrasah Education in the West," Islamic Education:  Continuity and Growth, International Islamic University, Islamabad, July 14, 2006.

 

"Reform Efforts in Islamic Education," Islamic Education:  Continuity and Growth, International Islamic University, Islamabad, July 15, 2006.

 

"The Declining Influence of American Muslim Scholars in Pakistan," Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, May 11,  2005.

 

"To Be Bettered by Difference," Tolerance and Its Limits, Rice University Boniuk Center Inaugural Conference, September 21, 2005.

 

" Human Rights in Classical Islamic Law," Distinguished Lecture Series for Human Rights and National Security Law, William & Mary Law School, January 25, 2005.

 

"Waging Peace, Waging Justice."  Roundtable discussion participant, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies annual conference, American University, April 3, 2004.

 

"Contributions from Islamic Culture to European Civilization," Hampden-Sydney College, May 21, 2004.

 

"Islamic Philosophy," Hampden-Sydney College, May 21, 2004.

 

“Living as Minorities in a Non-Muslim World:  The Legal Approach,”

Harvard University, October 2003.

 

“Islam and Modernity:  Towards a Synthesis,” Barriers to Modernization and Democracy in the Muslim World Conference, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, May 2003.

 

“Is Islamic Pluralism Possible?” Central Conference of American Rabbis Convention,Washington DC, March 2003.

PRESENTATIONS, cont'd.

 

"Minorities in Islam."  Georgetown University (at Wye River), May 2002.

 

"The Value of Work in Islam," Occidental College, May 2002.

 

"Jihad or Terrorism?"  Virginia Wesleyan University, March 2002.

 

"Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Muslim World, Pakistan, and Afghanistan." United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.), November 2001.

 

"Terrorism in Islam."  University of Richmond, October 2001.

 

“Islamic Discontent in Pakistan,” American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies conference, Villanova University, May 2001.

 

“Islam and Democracy,” Religion, Islam and Democracy in the Contemporary Middle East panel at Middle East Studies Association conference, Orlando, November 17, 2000.

 

“Religion as Explanation:  Putting Islam First,” Thematic Conversation discussant; Middle East Studies Association conference, Orlando, November 17, 2000. 

 

“Islam in Pakistan,” Hearing on Religious Freedom in India and Pakistan.  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.), September 18, 2000.

 

“Elements of Government in Islam and the West,” Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan, July 17, 2000.

 

 “Separation of Powers in Islamic Government,” Center for the Study of Islamic and Democracy Conference, Georgetown University, April 29, 2000.

 

“Modernity and the Challenge of Tradition,” American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Conference, Villanova University, April 28, 2000.

 

“Virtual Solidarity:  Working for Justice in World Religions,” University of Notre Dame, April 10, 2000.

 

“The Plight of Chechnya,” The College of William and Mary, March 28, 2000.

 

“Women in Islam,” The College of William and Mary, March 14, 2000.

 

“The Importance of Jerusalem in Islam,” Augusta State University, March 7, 2000.

 

PRESENTATIONS, cont'd.

 

 

“President Khatami’s Views on Iran and Middle East Peace,” Augusta State University, March 7, 2000.

 

“Elements of Governent in Islam,” American University, School of International Service, February 21, 2000.

 

“President Khatami and the Peace Process,” Center for the Middle East and African Studies, Havana, Cuba, November 24, 1999.

 

“Rationale and Results of the Prohibition of Interest in Islam,” Conference on Religion and Economics, Bard College, October 17, 1999.

 

"Muslims in South Africa:  A Most Visible Minority," Muslims in the Diasporas Conference, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, April 17, 1998.

 

"Islamic Interpretive Structures," American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Conference, Villanova University, May 8, 1998.

 

"Modernity, the West, and Islam," Western Views of the Muslim World; Muslim View of the West, Conference, Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, October 4-6, 1997.

 

"Fazlur Rahman's Existential Hermeneutics," Islam and Modernism Conference, International Congress Center, Istanbul, February 1997.

 

"The Status of Women in the Muslim World," Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Western Ontario, January 1997.

 

"The Role of Muslim Women in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle," University of Western Ontario, January 1997.

 

"Human Rights in Islam," Islam and Modernity Forum, University of London, July 1996.

        

"Political Authority and Human Rights in Islam," Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Youngstown State University, May 1996.

 

"Political Theory in Classical Islam," Conference on Religion and Politics, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, March 1996.

 

"Islam and Inter-religious Cooperation in South Africa," College of the Holy Cross, January 1996.

PRESENTATIONS, cont'd.

 

 

Congressional Staff briefing on "Islam and Extremism," May 1995, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington DC.

 

"Islam, the United States and Peace," one-hour discussion for Roanoke, VA PBS television station WBRA, May 1995.

 

"Looking Forward in Southwest Asia:  New Opportunities -- New Challenges," U.S. Central Command, May 1995, panel moderator.

 

"Islam in South Africa," American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Conference, Villanova University, April 1995.  Panel chair.

 

"Religious Diversity or Clash of Cultures:  Practical Considerations."  Lecture delivered for opening session of University of South Florida symposium "Celebrating Diversity through Research,” March 1995.

 

"Aspects of Gender Bias in the Islamic World," for panel on "How Women Are Affected by Gender Bias in a Multi-Cultural Setting" for University of South Florida symposium "Celebrating Diversity through Research”, March 1995.

 

"The Historical Background of Islamic Resurgence," for Seminar on Islamic Resurgence for University of South Florida Executive MBA program, April 8, 1995.

 

"Is Islam a Threat?"  Pittsburgh World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, November 1994.

 

"Islamic Hermeneutics in South Africa," American Academy of Religion Conference, Chicago, November 1994.

                          

"Women in Islamic Scripture and Tradition," for USF Pakistani Students' Association, Oct. 24, 1994.

 

"John Esposito''s The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?  Chair and presenter, panel discussion, American Academy of Religion, Washington, D.C., November 1993.

 

"Fazlur Rahman and Post-Structuralism," University of Cape Town, August l993.

 

"Occidentalism:  A Response to Hasan Hanafi," University of Western Cape (South Africa), August l993.

                            

"Women and Islam," University of Western Cape (South Africa), August l993.

 

PRESENTATIONS, cont'd.

 

 

"Political Islam," University of South Africa, August l993.

 

"Teaching about Islam," series of five lectures for New York Council for the Humanities Teachers Institute, Albany, NY, July l993.

 

"Between Qur'an and Crown: Islam and Nationalism," Chautauqua Institution, June 1993.

 

"Islam in the Life and Times of Ibn Battuta," Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, January 6, 1993.

 

"Understanding the Arab‑Islamic Legacy," Council on International Relations, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 1993.

 

"Continuity Between Early Modern and Contemporary Islamic Interpretation," American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, November 1992.  Panel chair.

 

"Determining Islamic Goals:  The Case of Hasan al-Turabi," Middle East Institute, Washington DC, June 9, 1992.

  

"Islamic Historicism in Traditional Context," Middle East Studies Association, Georgetown University, November 1991

 

"Al-Ta'rikhiyya," American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, Villanova University, May 1991.

 

"The Roots of Islamic Historicism," American Academy of Religion Eastern International Region, University of Toronto, April 1991.

 

"Islamic Historicism in Perspective," Cornell University Near East Department, March 1991.

 

"Islamic Historicism," University of Southern California School of Religion, February 1991.

 

"Islam and Marxism," University of Southern California, Department of Religious Studies Graduate Program, February 21, 1991.

 

"The Iraqi Regime in Historical Perspective," Columbia University Near East Center, January 1991.

 

"Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy," SUNY College at Brockport, December 1990.

 

PRESENTATIONS, cont'd.

 

"What Happened to Islamic Fundamentalism?" Wells College, November 1990.

 

"Islam, Jihad, and the Gulf War," Rochester Institute of Technology, October 1990.

 

"Islam and the Gulf Crisis," Hamilton College, October 1990.

 

"The Pillars of Islam," Nazareth College, September 1990.

 

"Islam and Other Religions of the Palestinians," Hobart and William Smith Colleges Baccalaureate Forum, January 1990.

 

"Islam: East or West?" Rochester Institute of Technology Philosophy Symposium, November 1989.

 

"Irregular Warfare and Terrorism in Islam," Western and Islamic Religious and Cultural Traditions on War, Peace, and the Conduct of Statecraft Conference, Rutgers University, March 1989.

              

"The Islamic Endeavor," Roberts Wesleyan College, November 1988.

 

"Women in Islam," College of St. Rose, October 1988.

 

"The Internal Logic of Islamic Political Rhetoric," Center for Iranian Research and Analysis/Middle East History and Theory Ensemble Joint Conference, University of Chicago, April 1988.

 

"Islamic Modernism: Phasing Out Fundamentalism?" University of Rochester, February 1988.

 

"The Islamic Identity Crisis," Colgate University, December 1987.

 

"The Role of the Qur'an in Islamic Resurgence, American Academy of Religion, Boston, December 1987.

 

"Secularism and Nationalism in Islamic Resurgence," Middle East Studies Association, Baltimore, November 1987.

 

"Arab-Americans in Education:  Ambassadors of Cultural Understanding?" Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Arlington, VA, November 1987.

 

"The Islamic Call:  Social Justice and Political Realism," Cornell University, September 1987.

 

PRESENTATIONS, cont'd.

 

 

"Secularism and Fundamentalism in an Islamic Perspective," University of Washington Middle East Center, July 1987.

 

"Soviet Foreign Policy in the Middle East," Temple B'rith Kodesh, Rochester NY, February 1987.

 

"Islamic Anti-Secularism," Middle East Studies Association, Boston, November 1986.

 

"The Islamic Reformation," Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Boston, November 1986.

 

"Jihad and Thawra in Islam:  Holy War or Revolution?" American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, November 1986.

 

"Islam, Judaism, and Christianity," Cornell University, October 1986.

 

"Islam and Sufism in the Soviet Union," American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, Villanova University, Spring 1986.

 

"Islam in the Soviet Union,"  Conference on Islamic Populations in Russia and Issues in Soviet Relations with Its Islamic Neighbors, University of Pennsylvania, April 1986.

 

"The Potential for Islamic-Christian Dialogue Through Ethics," American Academy of Religion Eastern International Region, Nazareth College, April 1986.

 

"Religious Liberty and Human Rights Between Nations, Within Nations, and Within Religions," Haverford College; co-sponsored by Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, and Temple University Religion Department.  Panel Chair. Fall 1985.

 

"The Islamic Dialogue with Judaism and Christianity," Temple University, Fall 1985.

 

"Recasting Islamic Modernism:  In Search of Islamic Ethics," Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies Conference on Ethics and Social Philosophy in Judaism and Islam, Center for Judaic and Islamic Studies, University of Denver, May 1985.

 

"Modern Islamic Ethics," Temple University Religion Department, January 1985.

 

"Islamic Movements in the Modern Middle East," University of Washington School of International Studies, March 1984.

 

PRESENTATIONS, cont'd.

 

 

"Muslim Intellectual Movements in the Soviet Union," University of Washington Middle East Center, December 1983.

 

"Bandali al-Jawzi's History of Intellectual Movements in Islam," Middle East Studies Association, Chicago, November 1983.