About

Professor of Religious Studies, Fairfield University

Martin Nguyen is a scholar of Muslim theology and Islamic studies. His scholarship revolves around ethics, constructive theology, Qur’anic studies, and the intersection of race and religion. His most recent book Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination presents a contemporary theology rooted in the practice of the religious imagination. His present work focuses on theological responses to global mass displacement and modern structural racism. 

Martin Nguyen also worked with Sohaib Sultan (d. 2021), Princeton University’s first Muslim chaplain, to revise and expand An American Muslim Guide to the Art and Life of Preaching.

Additionally, he is co-leading several initiatives, including the “Constructive Muslim Thought and Engaged Scholarship” seminar with the American Academy of Religion and the “Islamic Moral Theology in Conversation with Future” project supported by the John Templeton Foundation and hosted by the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University. Finally, he is also part of the leadership team for the 2023 Hybrid Teaching and Learning Workshop for Early Career Religion Faculty at the Wabash Center.