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Dr. Martin Nguyen

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
mnguyen@fairfield.edu
o: Donnarumma Hall Rm 343
p: x2420

Current Research Interests

Scriptural Commentaries of the Qur'an (Tafsīr); Islamic Theology (Kalām and ʿAqīda); Islamic Mysticism and the Development of the Sufi Tradition; Hermeneutics & Translation Studies; History of Qur'an Translations; Islam in America

Present Projects: 

-The Qur'an Commentary of the Ash'arī theologian Ibn Fūrak (d. 406/1015)

-The Exegetes of Nishapur

-Translation of al-Qushayrī's Kitāb al-Mi'rāj ("Book of the Heavenly Ascension")

-Development of Muslim Theology

Courses Taught

  1. RS 010: Intro to Religious Studies
  2. RS 10: Intro to Religious Studies
  3. RS 105: Introduction to Islam
  4. RS 270: Introduction of Islam
  5. RS 275: Islam in America
  6. RS 277: Sufism & Islamic Spirituality