Professorial Lecturer Sayed Hassan Akhlaq offers both insider and outsider views of how a scholar becomes an Ayatollah in Shia Islam.
Faculty Books
Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye: Ouyang Jingwu and the Revival of Scholastic Buddhism
Eyal Aviv, assistant professor of religion, offers an account of Ouyang Jingwu (1871-1943), a leading...
Ethics of War and Peace in Islam: A Shi’a View
Professor Mohammad Faghfoory demonstrates that the Shia perception of war and peace is deeply rooted in...
Jesus Followers in the Roman Empire
Professor Paul Duff offers an accessible and informed account of Christian origins, beginning with the...
Religious Zionism, Jewish Law, and the Morality of War
Robert Eisen, professor of religion and Judaic studies, examines a dilemma within modern Jewish...
Contesting the Yellow Dragon: Ethnicity, Religion and the State in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland
Xiaofei Kang, associate professor of East Asian religions and women and gender studies, produced the...