| Kecia Ali | ||
 Faculty Member Assistant Professor of Religion ka@bu.edu 145 Bay State Road Suite 402 Boston, MA 02215 Phone: 617-358-3087 |
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Courses: RN 316: Modern Islam RN 340/640: The Qur'an RN 344/644: Islam and the West RN 347/647: Islamic Theology and Philosophy RN 435: Women, Gender, and Islam Publications: “Marriage in Early Muslim Law: The Consolidation of Male Authority.” Women’s Studies in Religion Program Spring Lecture Series, Harvard University Divinity School. February 2004. Audio version of lecture online at: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/wsrp/scholarship/lecture/aliaudio.htm “Progressive Muslims and Islamic Jurisprudence: The Necessity for Critical Engagement with Marriage and Divorce Law,” in Omid Safi, ed., Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism, Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2003, pp. 163-189. “‘A Beautiful Example’: The Prophet Muhammad as a Model for Muslim Husbands.” Islamic Studies, 43:2, pp. 273-91. “Burkas and Bikinis: Islamic Dress in Newspaper Cartoons,” in Veil: Women Writers on the History, Lore, and Politics of Head Covering. Jennifer Heath, ed., Berkeley: University of California Press, forthcoming. |
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