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, including editing the fifth editions (2018) of two of their main textbooks, ''World Religions: Western Traditions'' and ''World Religions: Eastern Traditions'', and the third edition of ''A Concise Introduction to World Religions''.
Early and personal life
Born in
Lahore
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,
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, and raised in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada, Hussain received a Ph.D. and M.A. in the study of religion from the
University of Toronto
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. He speaks fluently in four languages, including:
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,
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''.
Career
Before moving to
Loyola Marymount University
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, Hussain taught as an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Northridge.
A proponent of interfaith dialogue, Professor Hussain has published over 60 scholarly articles or book chapters on Islam and Muslims. He has lectured in academic arenas around the world, and appeared on several television programs, most notably ''
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''. He is a consultant for '' The Story of God with Morgan Freeman''.
Professor Hussain is also a senior editor for religion for Oxford Handbooks Online. Prior to his edited textbooks, he wrote ''Muslims and the Making of America'', published in 2016 by Baylor University Press. From 2011 to 2015 he was the editor of the ''
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'', the flagship journal for the study of religion. He is also on the editorial boards of four other scholarly journals for the study of religion. In 2005, he joined the Department of Theological Studies at
Loyola Marymount University
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. He has written numerous scholarly articles on Islam and Muslims, and is recognized as an authority on Islam in North America. He is a fellow of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.
Works
*''Oil and Water: Two Faiths, One God'', (Wood Lake Books, 2006)
*''A Concise Introduction to World Religions'', third edition (Oxford University Press, 2015)
*''Muslims and the Making of America'', (Baylor University Press, 2016)
*''World Religions: Western Traditions'', fifth edition (Oxford University Press, 2018)
*''World Religions: Eastern Traditions'', fifth edition (Oxford University Press, 2018)