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Jane Idleman Smith
BornJane Idleman Smith
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materHartford Seminary, Harvard University
Academic work
InstitutionsHartford Seminary
Notable works
  • Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue
  • Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America

Jane Idleman Smith is an American scholar of Islam and former professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University. She is currently Professor Emerita of Islamic studies at Hartford Seminary.

Biography

Smith received Bachelor of Divinity degree from Hartford Seminary and her Phd from Harvard Divinity School. She has served as Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations and co-director of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary and professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University. She also served as co-editor of The Muslim World journal.

Works

  • Islam in America
  • Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today
  • The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection
  • Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America
  • Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue
  • Islam and the West Post 9/11
  • An Historical and Semantic Study of the Term "islām" as Seen in a Sequence of Qurʼān Commentaries

See also

References

  1. Bose, Bobby (2016). Reincarnation, Oblivion or Heaven?: A Christian Exploration. Langham Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-78368-166-2.
  2. "Noted Expert on Christian-Muslim Relations, Jane I. Smith, to Deliver Mendenhall Lecture November 4th". DePauw University. 2002-10-21. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. "Seminary Names Smith Faculty Emeritus". 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. "Seminary Names Smith Faculty Emeritus". 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. Reviews of Islam in America:
    • GhaneaBassiri, Kambiz (2001). "Islam in America". The Journal of Religion. 81 (2). University of Chicago Press: 339–340. doi:10.1086/490865. ISSN 0022-4189.
  6. Reviews of Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today:
  7. Reviews of Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America:
  8. Reviews of Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue:
  9. Reviews of Islam and the West Post 9/11:
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