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Todd Lawson specializes in Islamic Thought, specifically Shi'i Quran commentary and philosophical theology. He is associate professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and lives in Montreal. He obtained his BA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia, and his MA and PhD in Islamic studies from McGill University (1980 ...
Marmura received his PhD in Islamic philosophy in 1959, under the direction of George Hourani, a well-known scholar of Islamic philosophy and theology. In the fall of 1959, he accepted a position at the University of Toronto's Department of Near Eastern Studies (later known as the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies, and now known as ...
Hassan's theology is an example of Progressive Islam.She says the Qur'an is the "Magna Carta of human rights", prescribing human rights and equality for all, while the inequality of women in many Muslim societies today is due to cultural effects.
Hamza Yusuf (born Mark Hanson; 1958) [5] is an American Islamic neo-traditionalist, [6] [7] Islamic scholar, [2] [8] and co-founder of Zaytuna College. [1] [9] He is a proponent of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching methodologies throughout the world.
He is also on the editorial boards of four other scholarly journals for the study of religion. In 2005, he joined the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, the Jesuit university in Los Angeles. [13] He has written numerous scholarly articles on Islam and Muslims, and is recognized as an authority on Islam in North ...
His doctoral work on operational hermeneutics was published in 2011 by Kalam Research and Media. Pursuing further his academic interests he studied Islamic philosophy and theology at the University of Toronto and then specialised in Christian theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. [5]
Through the Faculty of Theology, the Sheptytsky Institute offers seven graduate programs: Conjoint Certificate in Theological Studies; Master of Theological Studies (MTS) Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MA) Master of Theology (Th.M.) Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies (Ph.D.) Doctor of Ministry (D.Min ...
He is the Founder and Dean of the Cambridge Muslim College, [9] Aziz Foundation Professor of Islamic Studies at both Cambridge Muslim College and Ebrahim College, [10] Director of Studies (Theology and Religious Studies) at Wolfson College [11] [12] and the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at University of ...