Mehdi Aminrazavi (born September 22, 1957) is an Iranian scholar of philosophy and mysticism. He is the Kurt Leidecker Chair in

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and a professor of philosophy and religion as well as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Program at the

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Biography

Born in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

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, Aminrazavi studied at the

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and received his bachelor's degree in

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and city planning and a master's in

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

. He then transferred to

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 ...

where he received his master's in religious studies and a

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in philosophy of religion. He has been teaching at the

since 1990.

Affiliations

Aminrazavi is a member of a number of prestigious national and international philosophical and religious organizations including the

American Academy of Religion The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is the world's largest association of scholarly method, scholars in the List of academic disciplines, field of religious studies and related topics. It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a profes ...

, the American Philosophical Association and the Middle Eastern Society of America.Forum on the Future of Islam: Muslim Perspectives on Islamic Extremism (Rethink Institute: January, 2016) p.71

Works

* Philosophy, Religion and the Question of Intolerance (1997) * Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination (1997) * Philosophy, Religion, and the Question of Intolerance (1997) with David Ambuel * An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia with

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 ...

* The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia (1996) with

* The Wine Of Wisdom: The Life, Work, And The Legacy Of Omar Khayyam (2005) * Islamic Philosophy & Theology: An Online Textbook for Colleges (2010).

References

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