Sherman A. Jackson, also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson (born 1956) is an American scholar of Islam.

Career

Jackson is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the

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. Jackson was formerly the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, visiting professor of law and professor of Afro-American Studies at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. Jackson received his Ph.D. from the

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and has taught at the

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and the

. From 1987 to 1989, he served as executive director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. He is author of several books, including ''Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî'' (E.J. Brill, 1996), ''On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî's Faysal al-Tafriqa'' (Oxford, 2002), ''Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Towards the Third Resurrection'' (Oxford, 2005) and ''Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering'' (Oxford, 2009). Jackson has been featured on the ''Washington Post''-''Newsweek'' blog, "On Faith," as well as the

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. In 2009 and 2012,

Works

* * ''On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s Faysal al-Tafriqa'', Oxford University Press, 2002, * * *''Sufism for Non-Sufis? Ibn Ata' Allah's Tâj al-'Arûs''. Oxford University Press. 2012. . *''Initiative to Stop the Violence: Sadat's Assassins and the Renunciation of Political Violence''. Yale University Press. 2015. .

References

External links

Dr. Abdal Hakim Jackson (Sherman Jackson) Audio and Video Lectures
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