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Book - Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination
Book “Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination” (2019)

Modern Muslim Theology

Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination

Rowman & Littlefield, 2019

This book presents a contemporary theology rooted in the practice of the religious imagination. The book re-conceptualizes key religious ideas, symbols, and rites – like revelation, tradition, and prayer – in order to develop an engaged approach to Islam that simultaneously fosters faith and enacts righteousness in the modern world.

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Book Talks

Christian-Muslim Studies Network (Roundtable Blog), The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity. Online Book Panel

New Books in Islamic Studies (Podcast), Interview with Asad Dandia

Center for Islam in the Contemporary World Book Talks (Video Interview), Interview with Ermin Sinanović

The Maydan (Podcast), Interview with Alexander Hayes

Book “A Muslim American Guide to the Life and Art of Preaching” (2023)

A Muslim American Guide to the Art and Life of Preaching

Fortress Press, 2023

This book explores the art and craft of creating effective Islamic sermons and delivering them with care, passion, and integrity. The life of the preacher is also addressed, and a model of spiritual formation is provided for those serving Muslim communities of faith in positions of religious leadership.

I worked with Sohaib during the last year of his life to bring this work to publication. First submitted in 2010 as his Masters thesis at Hartford Seminary, we revised and expanded the manuscript in light his years of experience since that time.

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Book “Sufi Master and Our’an Scholar: Abū’l Qāsim al-Qushayrī and the Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt” (2012)

Sufi Master and Qur’an Scholar

Abū’l Qāsim al-Qushayrī and the Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt

Oxford University Press, 2012

This work critically explores the confluence of Sufism, theology, and Qur’anic hermeneutics in the life and works of a famed eleventh-century mystic and scholar, Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī. Special attention is paid to his Qur’an commentary The Subtleties of the Signs.

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Book Talk

New Books in Islamic Studies (Podcast), Interview with Kristian Petersen