This episode of ReligionWise features a conversation with Khurram Hussain, Associate Professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University.
In this far ranging conversation, we discuss the often overlooked humanistic elements present in Islam, reflect on ill-conceived narratives of intercultural interactions, and consider better ways of facilitating understanding across difference.
Show Notes:
- Islam as Critique: Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Challenge of Modernity
(https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/islam-as-critique-9781350248861/) - The Muslim Speaks
(https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/muslim-speaks-9781786998880/) - The Oxford Handbook of Humanism: Humanism in the Middle East
(https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190921538.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190921538-e-35)
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