Zayn Kassam

Emerita 教授essor of Religious Studies
与皇冠体育: 1995
  • 专业知识

    专业知识

    Zayn Kassam is the John Knox McLean 教授essor of Religious Studies at 皇冠体育大学, 克莱蒙特, 加州. A graduate of McGill University (Ph.D. 1995), she teaches courses on mysticism, gender, literature, ethics, 和 environment.

    She has lectured widely on gender issues in the United States, Canada, and Britain. She has been honored with three Wig 奖 for Distinguished Teaching at 皇冠体育大学, as well as an American Academy of Religion Excellence in Teaching Award.​

    卡萨姆是 Introduction to the World's Major Religions: Islam (2006),主编 妇女与伊斯兰教 (2010)和 亚洲宗教中的女性 (2018). She is also the section editor for Islam for the volume on Islam, 犹太教, 和琐罗亚斯德教 印度宗教百科全书 (2018).

    She has chaired the department of religious studies at 皇冠体育大学, and has coordinated the programs in gender and women’s studies, Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies. She is currently the director of the Pacific Basin Institute. She serves on several national editorial boards, including the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 和 Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

    研究兴趣

    • 穆斯林移民

    专业领域

    • 性别与伊斯兰教
    • 伊斯兰哲学和神秘主义
    • 宗教与环境
  • 工作

    工作

    “Caught in the Crosshairs: Muslims and Migration.” Ch. 7 in Religion, Protest, and Social Upheaval,由Matthew T .编辑. Eggemeier, Peter Joseph Fritz, and Karen V. Guth, Fordham University Press, 2021.

    《皇冠体育app》.” Ch. 14 in Handbook on Women’s Studies in Religion, edited by Helen Boursier, Rowman & 李特佛尔德2021.

    “Mernissi,法蒂玛."进入 Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition, 2021.

    “Muslims and Migration:  Global Realities, Local Opportunities."在 我们讲到哪里了?? Pastoral Environments and Care for Migrants, 丹尼尔·希帕尼编辑, 马丁•沃尔顿, Dominiek Lootens, Society for Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling, 杜塞尔多夫, 德国, 2017.

    “Muslim Liberative Approaches and 法律 Dilemmas Towards Gender Justice."在 The Bible and Feminism: Remapping the Field,.(编辑:Yvonne Sherwood. 牛津大学出版社,2017).

    “Child Soldiers 和 Militarization of Children:  A Muslim Ethical Response to the Situation in the Sudan."在 The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion and Childhood.  (Edited by Anna Strhan, Stephen Parker, and Susan Ridgely.  布卢姆斯伯里出版社,2017).

    “Muslims in America: The Challenges of Migration 和 Construction of Religious Identities."在 Intersections of Religion and Migration: Issues at the Global Crossroads. (编辑:Jennifer B. Saunders, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, and Susanna Snyder.  Under contract with Palgrave MacMillan, 2017).

    “性别.” Substantively revised entry for The Encyclopedia of Islam 和 Muslim World. (2016年第2版).

    With Bridget Blomfield, “Remembering Fāṭimah and Zaynab:  Gender in Perspective."在 什叶派世界.  (Edited by Amyn Sajoo, Farhad Daftary, and Shainool Jiwa.  穆斯林遗产系列,1.B. Tauris for The Institute of Ismaili Studies. UK, 2015).

    “Religious Studies and Hermeneutics."进入 Encyclopedia of 妇女与伊斯兰教ic Cultures. (Ed. 约瑟夫·阿. 布瑞尔. 2014).

    伊斯兰教与食物."进入 食物百科全书. (Entry jointly authored with Sarah Robinson.  斯普林格出版社2014).

    “2001年9月11日和伊斯兰教.” Ch. 斯科特州44. 艾略特,艾德., Reinventing Religious Studies:  Key Writings in the History of a Discipline.  (英国,Acumen Publishing 2014).

    “Dignity and Relationality: A Conversation with Zayn Kassam."在 说到古兰经. (编辑:Michael Berkel. 贝勒大学出版社,2014). 

    “Re-Reading the Qur’ān from a Gender Perspective."在 Feminist Biblical Studies in the 20th 世纪. (Elisabeth Schüssler-Fiorenza, ed., Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2014).

    “Theologies and Ethics of Migration: Muslim and Christian Perspectives.” Co-authored with Susanna Snyder, Anna Rowlands, and Narzanin Massoumeh. 一章 Rescripting Religion in the City: Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis. (Alana Harris and Jane Garnett, eds.阿什盖特出版社,2013).

    “Constructive Interreligious Dialogue Concerning Muslim Women."在 Women and Interreligious Dialogue. 凯瑟琳·科尼尔编., Boston University Press, 2013).

    《皇冠体育app》."在 Terrorism, Religion, and Global Peace: From Conception to Praxis. (K. Kuriakose ed.(Gorgias出版社,2012).

    “我该杀谁呢??"在 Encountering the Stranger: A Jewish, Christian, Muslim Trialogue. (John Roth and Leonard Grob, eds., University of Washington Press, 2012).

    “Necrophilia and Voyaging: Some Curious 连接ions.” Special Issue Celebrating and Cerebrating Mary Daly (1928–2010). Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 28:2, 2012.

    “The Challenges of Globalization for Muslim Women."在 The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology. (Mary McClintock Ferguson and Sheila Briggs, eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

    “The Gender Policies of Aga Khan III and Aga Khan IV."《皇冠体育》第五章 《皇冠体育》. 法尔哈德·达法特利主编., I.B. Tauris and The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2011).

    其他工作

    Islam, 犹太教, and Zoroastrianism. Islam Section 编辑器 (Springer, 2018).

    妇女与亚洲宗教. 编辑器.  Women and Religion in the World Series. (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger ABC-CLIO, 2017).

    编辑器, 妇女与伊斯兰教 普雷格(2010)

    Introduction to the World's Major Religions: Islam (Greenwood Press, December 2006).

  • 教育

    教育

    • Ph.D., History of Religions, 1995, McGill University
    • M.A., Islamic Studies, 1985, McGill University
    • B.A., Religious Studies, 1977, McGill University

     

    最近开设的课程

    • 批判性探究研讨会
    • 神圣的身体:现实与环境
    • Engendering and Experience: Women in the Islamic Tradition
    • Religion, Ethics, and Social Practice
  • 奖 & 荣誉

    奖 & 荣誉

    • American Academy of Religion, National Teacher of the Year Award, 2005
    • 皇冠体育大学, Wig Distinguished 教授essorship Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998, 2005, & 2015
    • Theta Alpha Kappa Kathleen Connolly-Weinart Leader of the Year Award, 2015