Islamic Theology Seminar Series

The St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology (UK), in collaboration with Cambridge Muslim College (UK), the University of Tübingen (Germany), and George Mason University (USA) hosted a seminar series on Islamic theology between December 2022 and June 2023. Each seminar saw a leading scholar discuss an important, contemporary issue within Islamic theology. The location and format of each seminar are indicated below.

Tuesday 6 December 2022 (online at GMT 4pm)

‘Maqasid al-Shari’ah: Between Theology and Law’

Prof. Jasser Auda (Maqasid Institute, Virginia, USA)

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Friday 17 February 2023 (St Andrews at GMT 4pm)

‘Decolonizing Qur’an: Between Liberation Theology and Native American Suffering’

Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla  (University of Edinburgh)

Parliament Hall (St Mary’s College, St Andrews, KY16 9JT)

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Monday 27 February 2023 (online at GMT 4pm)

‘That Living Thing Called “Political Islam” in Malaysia’

Prof. Farish Noor (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)

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Thursday 30 March 2023 (online at GMT 4pm)

‘The Myth of Bogomil Bosnia: Decolonising the Bosnian Muslims’ View of their Origin and Identity’

Dr. Ines Aščerić-Todd (University of Edinburgh)

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Thursday 11 May 2023 (workshop in Tübingen; online at GMT 3:15pm)

‘MacIntyrean Reflections on Islamic Systematic Theology’

Dr Tobias Andersson (Uppsala University)

Thursday 25 May 2023 (workshop in Tübingen; online at GMT 3:15pm)

‘The Fitra (Natural Disposition) in Islamic Theology’

Dr Ramon Harvey  (Cambridge Muslim College)

Thursday 15 June 2023 (workshop in Tübingen; online at GMT 3:15pm)

‘The Occasionalist and Foundationalist features of Muslim Epistemology’

Dr Najah Nadi  (Cambridge Muslim College)

Thursday 22 June 2023 (EuARe Annual Conference 2023; St Andrews at GMT 5pm)

‘An Islamic Approach to Islamic Studies? Muslim Faith Commitment in the European Orientalist Sphere’

Prof. Lejla Demiri  (Centre for Islamic Theology, Universität Tübingen)

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Friday 23 June 2023 (EuARe Annual Conference 2023; St Andrews at GMT 2:30pm)

‘The Universality of the Message of the Qur’an’

Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London)