Jane Idleman Smith

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]

Jane Idleman Smith
Born	Jane Idleman Smith
Nationality	American
Academic background
Alma mater	Hartford Seminary, Harvard University
Academic work
Institutions	Hartford Seminary
Notable works	Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America

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

References

1. Bose, Bobby (2016). Reincarnation, Oblivion or Heaven?: A Christian Exploration. Langham Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-78368-166-2.
2. "Noted Expert on Christian-Muslim Relations, Jane I. Smith, to Deliver Mendenhall Lecture November 4th". DePauw University. 2002-10-21. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
3. "Seminary Names Smith Faculty Emeritus". 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
4. "Seminary Names Smith Faculty Emeritus". 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
5. Reviews of Islam in America:

   • GhaneaBassiri, Kambiz (2001). "Islam in America". The Journal of Religion. 81 (2). University of Chicago Press: 339–340. doi:10.1086/490865. ISSN 0022-4189.
6. Reviews of Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today:

   • Turner, Bryan S. (2012). "Book Review: Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today". The Sociological Review. 60 (2). SAGE Publications: 373–375. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954x.2012.02080.x. ISSN 0038-0261. S2CID 149835938.
7. Reviews of Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America:

   • Hermansen, M. K. (1994). "Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America". Journal of Church and State. 36 (3): 611. doi:10.1093/jcs/36.3.611. ISSN 0021-969X.
   • Edwards, David B. (2009). "Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 27 (1): 93–97. doi:10.1017/S0020743800061614. ISSN 0020-7438. S2CID 161890509.
   • Walbridge, Linda S (1995). "Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America". Journal of American Ethnic History. 14 (2): 110.
   • Tamney, Joseph B. (1994). "Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 33 (4): 402. doi:10.2307/1386511. ISSN 0021-8294. JSTOR 1386511.
   • Ellwood, Robert (1997). "Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 1 (1): 155–156. doi:10.1525/nr.1997.1.1.155. ISSN 1092-6690.
   • Young, Robert J. (1996). "Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 544: 227–228. doi:10.1177/0002716296544001035. JSTOR 1047993. S2CID 220839448.
8. Reviews of Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue:

   • Lamb, Christopher (2009). "Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue". Theology. 112 (868). SAGE Publications: 311–312. doi:10.1177/0040571x0911200430. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 171600443.
   • Shenk, David W. (2008). "Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue". International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 32 (4). SAGE Publications: 218. doi:10.1177/239693930803200423. ISSN 0272-6122. S2CID 152070929.
   • Thomas, David (2008). "Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue". Middle East Journal. 62 (3): 514–518. JSTOR 25482543.
9. Reviews of Islam and the West Post 9/11:

   • "Islam and the West Post 9/11". Nova Religio. 11 (2): 119–120. 2007. doi:10.1525/nr.2007.11.2.119. ISSN 1092-6690.
   • Herbert, David (2008). "Islam and the West post 9/11". Comparative Islamic Studies. 2 (2): 185–186. doi:10.1558/cisv2i2.185. ISSN 1743-1638.