Yvonne Haddad

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Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (born March 23, 1935 in Alexandretta , Syria ) is an American university professor of Syrian origin who deals with the history of Islam and Christian-Muslim understanding .

life and work

She is Professor of History of Islam and Christian – Muslim Relations at the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (“Prince-al-Walid-bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding”; ACMCU) of the Jesuits led Georgetown University in Washington, DC your interests and working interests include contemporary Islam , intellectual, social and political history in the Arab world , Islam in North America and in the west, Koranic exegesis and gender and Islam. She previously taught Islamic history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . She was president of the Middle East Studies Association .

She holds a BA from Beirut College for Women , MRE from Boston University , MA from University of Wisconsin , Madison , and Ph.D. from Hartford Seminary .

Yvonne Haddad describes herself as a Presbyterian , she emigrated to the USA in 1963.

She is the author and editor of numerous books on Islam in North America , particularly Islam in the United States , including Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History ; Co-author (with Jane Idleman Smith) of Mission to America , and co-author of Women, Religion, and Social Change , editor of Muslim Communities in North America , The Muslims of America, and many others.

Together with John Esposito and other professors from Georgetown University, she was included in the book The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America , a book by David Horowitz first published in 2006 .

Publications (selection)

  • (Ed.): The Muslims of America , Oxford University Press US, 1993 ( partial online view )
  • (Ed. With Jane I. Smith): Muslim Communities in North America. 1994 ( table of contents ; partial online view )
  • The Oxford handbook of American Islam. Oxford [u. a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014
  • Becoming American? The forging of Arab and Muslim identity in pluralist America. Waco, Tex. : Baylor Univ. Press, 2011
  • (Ed. With Farid Senzai, Jane I. Smith): Educating the Muslims of America . New York: Oxford University Press, 2009 ( partial online view )
  • Muslim women in America: the challenge of Islamic identity today. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006
  • Not quite American? : the shaping of Arab and Muslim identity in the United States. Waco, Tex. : Baylor Univ. Press, c.2004
  • Islamic law and the challenges of modernity. Walnut Creek [u. a.]: Altamira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publ., 2004
  • Religion and immigration: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim experiences in the United States. Walnut Creek, Calif. [u. a.]: AltaMira Press, c2003
  • Muslims in the West: from sojourners to citizens. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002
  • (with Jane I. Smith) The Islamic understanding of death and resurrection. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002
  • Muslims on the americanization path? Atlanta, Ga: Scholars Press, 1998
  • Islam, gender, & social change. New York [u. a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 1998
  • Muslim communities in North America. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, c1994
  • Mission to America: five Islamic sectarian communities in North America. Gainesville [u. a.]: University Press of Florida, c 1993
  • The Muslims of America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991
  • Islamic values ​​in the United States: a comparative study. New York [u. a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 1987
  • Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New York Press, 1982

literature

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ berkleycenter.georgetown.edu: Yvonne Haddad - accessed November 2, 2019
  2. ↑ Asquith, Christina (December 28, 2006). "Getting to Know Dr. Yvonne Haddad". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. - accessed on November 2, 2019
  3. ↑ Partial online view (e-book, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Haddad, Yvonne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American scholar of Islam and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandretta , Syria