I’m excited to visit the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University on November 1. I’ll be discussing my book, Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab. I’m honored to be invited by Huseyin Yilmaz and Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu. All the details are HERE if you are in the DC area. Free and open to…
Another review of Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab has just been published in the Journal of Chinese Religions, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Chinese Religions. Guangtian Ha, specialist on Islam in China, viewed the book as “excellent addition to the growing body of literature on the Sinophone…
Recently I was able to write up some thoughts about teaching Islam in my World Religion courses for the Wabash Center’s Teaching Islam Blog Series, “Islam, Media, and Religious Discrimination in America.” I outline some issues and how I approach them through a few texts: Jolyon Mitchell’s, “Religion and the News: Stories, Contexts, Journalists and Audiences” Moustafa Bayoumi’s This…
I was very honored when I found out that Dr. Johanna Pink reviewed Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab in Review of Qur’anic Research, the official journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association. I was even more pleased by what she had to say, especially since she is not a scholar of Islam…
I’m excited to visit William & Mary on October 30 for a presentation extending from my book, Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab. I’m grateful to the Department of Religious Studies for hosting me and the kind invitation of Faraz Sheikh. All the details are HERE if you are in the area. Free and open to…
Dr. Kristian Petersen 