Kecia Ali

ALI145 Bay State Road, Suite 402
Boston, MA 02215
T: 617.353.4465; F: 617.358.3087
Email: ka@bu.edu
Spring 2013 Office Hours: Mon 1:30-3:00 and Wed 11:00-12:30

 

Bio

Kecia Ali (Ph.D., Religion, Duke University) held research and teaching fellowships at Brandeis University and Harvard Divinity School before joining the BU faculty in 2006. Her research addresses Islamic religious texts, especially jurisprudence; women in both classical and contemporary Muslim discourses; and religious biography. Her books include Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur’an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence (2006), Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam (2010), and Imam Shafi‘i: Scholar and Saint (2011).  Her current project explores Muslim and non-Muslim biographies of the Prophet Muhammad, with particular attention to modern thinking about his marriages and personal life. She serves as co-chair for the Study of Islam Section of the American Academy of Religion.

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Books

A Jihad for Justice - for Amina Wadud 2012-1-1 A Jihad for Justice; Honoring the work and life of Amina Wadud
By Kecia Ali, Juliane Hammer, and Laury Silvers

 

 

Iman Shafi'iImam Shafi’i: Scholar and Saint
By Kecia Ali
Oneworld Publications
November 16, 2011
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Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam
By Kecia Ali
Harvard University Press
October 1, 2010
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Islam: The Key Concepts
By Kecia Ali & Leaman
Routeldge Publications
December 30, 2007
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Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur’an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence
By Kecia Ali
Oneworld Publications
June 25, 2006
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Courses

  • CAS RN 104 Religions of the World: Western |
  • CAS RN 214 Islam
  • CAS RN 340/640 The Quran | Syllabus
  • CAS RN 434/734  Representations of Muhammad
  • CAS RN 344/644 Islam and the West |
  • CAS RN 345/645 Islamic Law
  • CAS RN 316/616 Modern Islam |
  • CAS RN434/734 Representations of Muhammad
  • CAS RN 435/735 Women, Gender, Islam | Syllabus

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