Director of the Catholic Muslim Studies Program
Founding Director of the Catholic-Muslim Studies Program
Enhancing mutual understanding, respect and cooperation
Rooted in the sacred teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Holy Qur’ān, the Catholic-Muslim Studies Program educates and trains dynamic scholars and leaders who can effectively promote mutual understanding, reconciliation, and cooperation between Muslims and Christians, in order to advance justice and compassion in the human family.
Founded in September of 2000, the Catholic-Muslim Studies Program has come to be recognized both nationally and internationally as helping to set the standard for comprehensive interreligious studies and engagement programs in graduate theological education.
CMSP Programming
In Good Faith
For the past 8 years, the director has been the principal organizer of a highly successful trilateral dialogue program known as In Good Faith (IGF). The In Good Faith series, a decades-long commitment by CTU, is described as “Jews, Christians, and Muslims Sharing Perspectives on Issues that Matter to Our Faith Communities and to Our World.” This series is an initiative of the Bernardin Center at CTU in partnership with First Analysis Institute of Integrative Studies.
- Community Organizing: Interfaith Perspective and Practice
- The Qur’an and the Prophet Mohammad
- The History of the Muslim-Christian Relations
- Islamic Mysticism and Spirituality
- Islam: Faith, History, and Modernity
- Comparative Christian-Islamic Ethics
- Hadith Studies
- Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
