Todd Lawson
Todd Lawson is an Emeritus Professor of Islamic thought at the University of Toronto.[1]
Biography[]
Todd Lawson was born in Indiana, United States and moved to Canada to escape the Vietnam draft. Lawson converted to the Baha'i Faith after his immigration to Canada.[2]
Works[]
- Being Human: Bahá’í Perspectives on Islam, Modernity, and Peace (2019)
- Tafsir as Mystical Experience: Intimacy and Ecstasy in Quran Commentary (2018)
- The Quran: Epic and Apocalypse (2017)
- Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (2016)
- Baha’i History: A Special Issue of the Journal of Religious History (2012)
- A Most Noble Pattern: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb,`Alí Muhammad Shirazi (1819-1850) (2012)
- Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion [3]
- The Crucifixion and the Qur’an: A Study in the History of Muslim Thought (2009) [4]
- Reason and Inspiration in Islam: Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism in Muslim Thought (2005)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Todd Lawson, PhD". Wilmetteinstitute.org/. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ^ "The Unity of Humanity | Beshara". web.archive.org. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ Reviews of Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion:
- Marcotte, Roxanne D. (2014-10-06). "Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion". Iranian Studies. Informa UK Limited. 47 (6): 1024–1027. doi:10.1080/00210862.2014.963994. ISSN 0021-0862.
- The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences; Herndon Vol. 30, Iss. 1, (Winter 2013): 102-104.
- Bahá'í Studies Review 18, 2012: 153-161
- The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 30:1, pp 102-104
- Van Ess, Josef (2012). "Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur'an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion". Ilahiyat Studies. Bursa Ilahiyat Foundation. 3 (2): 282–284. doi:10.12730/13091719.2012.32.63. ISSN 1309-1786.
- ^ Reviews of The Crucifixion and the Qur’an: A Study in the History of Muslim Thought:
- Journal of Qur'anic Studies, Vol. 12 (2010), pp. 191-203
- The Muslim World 101(1):119 - 121
- Journal of Qur'anic Studies / List of Issues / Volume 12, Issue 1-2
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