Gisela Goodrich Webb is an American scholar of

comparative religion Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yie ...

and professor emerita of religious studies at

Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan un ...

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. Her works mainly focus on the intellectual and mystical traditions of Islam, Muslim women's rights and Islam in America.

Biography

Born in

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in a bicultural family, Gisela Webb completed her academic studies at the

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

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obtaining her B. A. and M. A. in 1980 and 1986 respectively. She earned her PhD in religious studies from the same university in 1989 under the supervision of Islamic philosopher

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...

. Webb has been at Seton Hall University since 1989. She has also taught at Gadja Mada University in

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and was awarded Fulbright Award for Teaching and Research and Fulbright Senior Specialist Award in 2009. Webb has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies and was a member of the

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Selected works

* The Human/angelic Relation in the Philosophies of Suhrawardi and Ibn Arabi (Temple University, 1989) * Windows of Faith: Muslim Women Scholar-Activists of North America (Women and Gender in Religion) (Syracuse University Press, 2000)Reviews of ''Windows of Faith: Muslim Women Scholar-Activists of North America'': * * * * * * *

References

External links

Official Web page at Seton Hall University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Gisela Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Scholars of comparative religion American religion academics American women non-fiction writers Seton Hall University faculty Temple University alumni American women academics Women scholars of Islam 21st-century American women Proponents of Islamic feminism