"Who is Allah: Reflections of an Anglo-Mohammedan", public lecture, Thur eve, July 12

[David Mivasair]

Friends, this looks interesting . . .  – David

The Centre for the Comparative Study of
 Muslim Societies, SFU and Institute for
the Study of Muslim Civilisations
present:

Bruce B. Lawrence

"Who is Allah: Reflections of an Anglo-Mohammedan"

Public Lecture

Book signing and reception to Follow

  7:00pm, Thursday, July 12, 2012
SFU Vancouver- Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Room 1900
515 West Hastings Street

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Dr. Bruce B. Lawrence is the Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion Emeritus at Duke University.  A distinguished Islamicist and historian of religions, Lawrence has authored, edited, or co-edited some sixteen books, including The Qur’an: A Biography (Grove Atlantic, 2007), New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life (Columbia University Press, 2002), and (with miriam cooke), Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop (University of North Carolina Press, 2005).

“[The Qur’an: A Biography] is an exceptionally illuminating and balanced narrative,” Ziauddin Sardar, The Independent.

This event is FREE and open to the public.
Seating is limited and reservations are recommended.

RSVP: web registration required: www.sfu.ca/reserve or ccs...@sfu.ca

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