Bahar Davary is an Iranian-American theologian and religious studies scholar and Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the

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. She is known for her works on comparative study of religion and Islamic studies.

Career

Davary's interests are broadly within the field of Comparative Religion focusing on Islamic studies. Davary's first monograph ''Women and the Qur'an: A Study in Islamic Hermeneutics'' (

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, 2009), which was awarded the

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, examines development, continuity, and change in representing women with a focus on dynamic identities of the texts. Davary's later writings focuses on the development of Islamic feminist knowledge, especially as it involves with the questions of

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and Islamic patriarchy. She has published several papers in academic journals and encyclopedias and has presented more than 100 lectures locally, nationally, and internationally. Since 2005, She has been a faculty member of USD.

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Bahar Davary at the University of San Diego
Iranologists Living people Iranian theologians American theologians University of Tehran alumni Catholic University of America alumni University of San Diego faculty Religious studies scholars American anti-racism activists Iranian anti-racism activists Year of birth missing (living people) Women scholars of Islam Proponents of Islamic feminism {{Iran-academic-bio-stub