Amir Hussain's Web Page

Department of Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

Greetings and welcome to my Web Page. I am an associate professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University (LMU).
My own area of research is on the study of Islam, specifically contemporary Muslim societies in North America. My PhD dissertation was on Muslim communities in Toronto.

We are hosting the Bellarmine Forum at LMU from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, 2008 on the theme of religion, identity and interfaith dialogue.

Details about the Bellarmine Forum can be found on this web page.

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My most recent book is Oil and Water: Two Faiths, One God.

Information about Oil and Water: Two Faiths, One God, can be found here from Google Books

Wood Lake Books has a page about the book here

Order Oil and Water: Two Faiths, One God from Amazon.com

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On Saturday, November 15, I will be teaching a one day mini-course through LMU Extension on Muslim-Christian dialogue.

Click here for information about the course, Finding Common Ground: Muslims, Christians and Interfaith Dialogue.

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Click here for the web page for A Common Word, an interfaith call from Muslims to Christians.

"Every year is World Hunger Year until we end world hunger"

Links about hunger

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Convivencia: Religious Identities in the New World is a conference that we hosted at LMU from March 27 to 29, 2008.

Details about Convivencia can be found on this web page.

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Statement by Scholars of Islam to Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001

My contact information is:

Amir Hussain, PhD
Department of Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive, Suite 3700
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
USA

Office Location: University Hall, Room 3724

Phone: (310) 338-5987
Fax: (310) 338-1947
Email: amir.hussain@lmu.edu

Web Page: http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/theology/amir/

The photograph to the right is me with my friends Sarah and Miriam at the Naramata Centre.

Teaching:

• Responsibilities and Respect: My assumptions about behaviour in the classroom

• My Grading Standards

• THST 680: Comparative Theology

• THST 180: Religions of the World

• THST 386: Islam

• THST 698: Islam and Interreligious Dialogue

• THST 498: Islam in the Modern World

The Study of Islam at LMU:

• On April 14, 2000, we opened the Wilfred and Muriel Smith Collection at the Oviatt Library of CSUN. Click here to read my remarks on that occasion.

• A memorial tribute to Professor Wilfred Cantwell Smith is available online.

• Links For The Academic Study of Islam:

More About Me:

• I am a fellow of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.

• You can see video of me on the Tavis Smiley Show.

• You can see video of me giving a keynote presentation in 2007 at the Chautauqua Institution.

• I am on the editorial boards of two journals: Comparative Islamic Studies, and Contemporary Islam.

• I am on the Board of Directors of The Carold Institute.

• I am on the Advisory Board of Abraham’s Vision.

• I am part of the research network for the Islam and Human Rights Fellowship Program at Emory University.

• An online article about me from 1998.

• An article that I wrote for the Journal of Religion and Film is available online.

• My degrees are from the University of Toronto; undergraduate from University College, and graduate from the Centre for the Study of Religion.

• I am Canadian / Je suis Canadien.

• Canada is Hockey and Hockey is the Montreal Canadiens.

• The greatest band to come out of Canada was, well, The Band.

• The greatest guitarist you’ve probably never heard of is Richard Thompson.

• The William Blake Archive is an excellent starting point to learn about the visionary poet.

• The Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives are now online.