Jane Idleman Smith Explained

Jane Idleman Smith
Birth Name:	Jane Idleman Smith
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Hartford Seminary, Harvard University
Workplaces:	Hartford Seminary

Jane Idleman Smith is an American scholar of Islam and former professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University.^[1] She is currently Professor Emerita of Islamic studies at Hartford Seminary.^[2]

Biography

Smith received Bachelor of Divinity degree from Hartford Seminary and her Phd from Harvard Divinity School.^[3] She has served as Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations and co-director of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary and professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University. She also served as co-editor of The Muslim World journal.^[4]

Works

• Islam in America^[5]
• Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today^[6]
• The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection
• Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America ^[7]
• Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue^[8]
• Islam and the West Post 9/11^[9]
• An Historical and Semantic Study of the Term "islām" as Seen in a Sequence of Qurʼān Commentaries

See also

• Anna M. Gade

Notes and References

1. Book: Bose, Bobby. Reincarnation, Oblivion or Heaven?: A Christian Exploration. 2016. Langham Publishing. 978-1-78368-166-2. 27.
2. Web site: Noted Expert on Christian-Muslim Relations, Jane I. Smith, to Deliver Mendenhall Lecture November 4th . DePauw University . 2002-10-21 . 2021-04-28.
3. Web site: Seminary Names Smith Faculty Emeritus. 15 July 2011.
4. Web site: Seminary Names Smith Faculty Emeritus. 15 July 2011.
5. Reviews of Islam in America:
   • GhaneaBassiri . Kambiz . Islam in America . The Journal of Religion . University of Chicago Press . 81 . 2 . 2001 . 0022-4189 . 10.1086/490865 . 339–340.
6. Reviews of Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today:
   • Turner . Bryan S. . Book Review: Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today . The Sociological Review . SAGE Publications . 60 . 2 . 2012 . 0038-0261 . 10.1111/j.1467-954x.2012.02080.x . 373–375. 149835938 .
7. Reviews of Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America:
   • Hermansen. M. K.. Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America. Journal of Church and State. 36. 3. 1994. 611. 0021-969X. 10.1093/jcs/36.3.611.
   • Edwards. David B.. Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America . International Journal of Middle East Studies. 27. 1. 2009. 93–97. 0020-7438. 10.1017/S0020743800061614. 161890509 .
   • Walbridge. Linda S. Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America . Journal of American Ethnic History . 14. 2. 1995. 110.
   • Tamney. Joseph B.. Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 33. 4. 1994. 402. 0021-8294. 10.2307/1386511. 1386511.
   • Ellwood. Robert . Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 1. 1. 1997. 155–156. 1092-6690. 10.1525/nr.1997.1.1.155.
   • Young . Robert J. . Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America . The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science . 544. 1996 . 227–228. 10.1177/0002716296544001035 . 1047993 . 220839448 .
8. Reviews of Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue:
   • Lamb . Christopher . Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue . Theology . SAGE Publications . 112 . 868 . 2009 . 0040-571X . 10.1177/0040571x0911200430 . 311–312. 171600443 .
   • Shenk . David W. . Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue . International Bulletin of Missionary Research . SAGE Publications . 32 . 4 . 2008 . 0272-6122 . 10.1177/239693930803200423 . 218. 152070929 .
   • Thomas . David . Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue . Middle East Journal . 62 . 3 . 2008 . 514–518. 25482543 .
9. Reviews of Islam and the West Post 9/11:
   • Islam and the West Post 9/11. Nova Religio. 11. 2. 2007. 119–120. 1092-6690. 10.1525/nr.2007.11.2.119.
   • Herbert. David. Islam and the West post 9/11. Comparative Islamic Studies. 2. 2. 2008. 185–186. 1743-1638. 10.1558/cisv2i2.185.