Professor Todd Lawson’s area of research is the Qur’an, Islamicate Apocalypsis, Qur’an Commentary, Shi’ism, Sufism, Theology, Philosophy, and Messianism. Some of his publications include, Gnostic Apocalypse in Islam (December 2009) The Crucifixion and the Qur’an: A Study in the History of Muslim Thought (March 2009), “Divine Wrath and Divine Mercy in Islam: Their Reflection in the Qur’an and Quranic Images of Water,” Divine Wrath and Divine Mercy in the World of Antiquity, edited by Reinhard G. Kratz and Hermann Spieckermann (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2.Reihe), Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, 2008, pp. 248-67
Selected publications
“Bahá’í” Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (2008) & Oxford Islamic Studies Online
“Martyrdom” Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (2008) & Oxford Islamic Studies Online
(editor) Reason and Inspiration in Islam : theology, philosophy and mysticism in Muslim thought : essays in honour of Hermann Landolt (London 2005)
“Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Twelver Shi’ism: Ahmad al-Ahsa’i on Fayd Kashani (the Risalat al-‘Ilmiyya),” in Religion and Society in Qajar Iran (2005)
“The Authority of the Feminine and Fatima,” The Most Learned of the Shi’a (2001)
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations.
BA (UBC), MA, PhD (McGill)
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