Jane Idleman Smith is an American scholar of Islam and former professor of Comparative Religion at

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. She is currently Professor Emerita of Islamic studies at

Hartford Seminary The Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (formerly Hartford Seminary) is a private theological university in Hartford, Connecticut. History Hartford Seminary's origins date back to 1833 when the Pastoral Union of Connecti ...

Biography

Smith received Bachelor of Divinity degree from

and her Phd from

Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the academic study of religion or for leadership roles in religion, gov ...

. She has served as Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations and co-director of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at

and professor of Comparative Religion at

. She also served as co-editor of The Muslim World journal.

Works

* ''Islam in America'' * ''Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today'' * ''The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection'' * ''Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America'' * ''Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue'' * ''Islam and the West Post 9/11''Reviews of ''Islam and the West Post 9/11'': * * * ''An Historical and Semantic Study of the Term "islām" as Seen in a Sequence of Qurʼān Commentaries''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jane Idleman Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Women scholars of Islam Hartford Seminary alumni Harvard Divinity School alumni

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