Category: Books
Event: Dec. 6 Book Response on Living Islam
Join us for an evening of conversation inspired by Living Islam: Muslim Expressions of Faith, the acclaimed book byProfessor Ali S. Asani, which invites readers to explore the many ways Muslims around the world understand and experience their faith through culture, art, and everyday life. The discussion, moderated by Alisha…
Harvard Islamica Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Hussein Rashid talks about his recently published volume, Islam in North America: An Introduction (Bloomsbury, 2024), which he co-edited with Huma Mohibullah and Vincent Biondo. Hussein discusses his trajectory as a scholar and how beginning his academic career in the post-9/11 world led him to believe…
Event: Building the Beloved Community in Our Time
Monday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 @ 15:30 EST RSVP REQUIRED Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community, will be sharing the vision outlined in his book, and discussing with Dr. Hussein Rashid and Rabbi Joseph Potasnik.…
Event: Book Talk: Islam in North America
This event is free and open to the public. Co-editors Hussein Rashid and Huma Mohibullah discuss “Islam in North America: An Introduction.” After providing students with an introductory grounding in the field, chapters take a multidisciplinary approach, and focus on the expressions of Islam in its diverse forms. Students are…
Chapter on Ihsan in Pillars Fund Khayal
I’m honored to have contributed a chapter on “Ihsan: Aesthetic Ethics,” in the digital book Khayal, sponsored by the Pillars Fund. From their description: In January 2020, we assembled a group of brilliant Muslim poets, writers, activists, scholars, historians, and artists to develop a roadmap for telling authentic Muslim stories.…
New Chapter: In Cyber Muslims
Cyber Muslims: Mapping Islamic Digital Media in the Internet Age Through an array of detailed case studies, this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufis, feminists and fashionistas, artists and activists, hajj pilgrims and social media influencers. These stories span a…
New Chapter: In Are the Arts Essential?
Are the Arts Essential? Across twenty-five highly engaging essays, these luminaries join together to address this question and to share their own ideas, experiences, and ambitions for the arts. Darren Walker discusses the ideals of justice and fairness advanced through the arts; Mary Schmidt Campbell shows us how artists and…
New Book: Teaching Critical Religious Studies
Teaching Critical Religious Studies: Pedagogy and Critique in the Classroom Are you teaching religious studies in the best way possible? Do you inadvertently offer simplistic understandings of religion to undergraduate students, only to then unpick them at advanced levels? This book presents case studies of teaching methods that integrate student…