Center for Islamic Theology

Selected Publications

Books (Monographs and Edited Volumes):

  • Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology: ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and His Network of Scholarship (Studies and Texts), with Samuela Pagani (eds.), Sapientia Islamica: Studies in Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism series vol. 1, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (forthcoming).
  • The Future of Interfaith Dialogue: Muslim–Christian Encounters through A Common Word, with Yazid Said (eds.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018 (xv, 334 pp.).
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/future-of-interfaith-dialogue/DE84E59AAB2270B33675DB9EFDED3F30
  • Общее слово. Текст и размышления. Руководство для приходов и мечетей, Moscow: St Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute, 2018 (xxiii, 103 pp.) [Russian translation of A Common Word: Text and Reflections].
    http://standrews.ru/internet-magazin/dialog/obshee-slovo-tekst-i-razmyshleniya.html
  • Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī, Ḥallāl al-ʿuqad fī bayān aḥkām al-muʿtaqad or Qudwat al-muhtadīn ilā maqāṣid al-dīn, with Islam Dayeh (eds.), Bibliotheka Islamica series vol. 58, Beirut: Orient-Institut Beirut, 2016 (172 pp.).
    Review by Jibreel A. Delgado, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 77/1 (2018), pp. 149-51
  • Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo: Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian Scriptures. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction, HCMR (The History of Christian-Muslim Relations) series vol. 19, Leiden: Brill, 2013 (xvi, 566 pp.).
    https://brill.com/view/title/22811
    Reviews by
    • David Vishanoff, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 25/1 (2014), pp. 138-9.
    • Mustafa Shah, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 73/2 (2014), pp. 378-81.
    • Andrew Rippin, Ilahiyat Studies: A Journal on Islamic and Religious Studies, 5/1 (2014), pp. 122-5.
    • J. Scheuer, Nouvelle Revue Théologique, 137/1 (2015), p. 159.
    • Imran Iqbal, Al-Masāq, 27/3 (2015), pp. 289-91.
  • Një Fjalë a Njëjtë: Kumt dhe Përqasje, Tirana: Erasmus, 2011 (xxii, 97 pp.) [Albanian translation of A Common Word: Text and Reflections].
  • A Common Word: Text and Reflections, Cambridge: Muslim Academic Trust, 2011 (xx, 90 pp.).
    Review by Armand J. Boehme, Reviews in Religion & Theology, 19/4 (2012), pp. 440-2.
  • Texts from the Early Islamic Period of Egypt: Muslims and Christians at their First Encounter, with Cornelia Römer (eds.), Vienna: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 2009 (xviii, 53, xiii pp.).
    Reviews by
    • David Bertaina, The Medieval Review, 10.02.14 (2010).
    • Wadad Kadi, Speculum, 87/3 (2012), pp. 861-2.
    • Pierre Larcher, Arabica, 61 (2014), pp. 186-9.

Reference Works:

  • Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 11, with David Thomas et al. (eds.), Leiden: Brill, 2017 (xvi, 640 pp.).
  • Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 10, with David Thomas et al. (eds.), Leiden: Brill, 2017 (xiv, 715 pp.).
  • Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 9, with David Thomas et al. (eds.), Leiden: Brill, 2017 (xv, 1052 pp.).
  • Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 8, with David Thomas et al. (eds.), Leiden: Brill, 2016 (xiv, 1018 pp.).
  • Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 7, with David Thomas et al. (eds.), Leiden: Brill, 2015 (xii, 962 pp.).
  • Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 6, with David Thomas et al. (eds.), Leiden: Brill, 2014 (xii, 892 pp.).

Book Chapters:

  • “A Theology of Death”, in Islamische Bildungsarbeit in der Schule: Theologische und didaktische Überlegungen zum Umgang mit verschiedenen Themen im Islamischen Religionsunterricht, ed. Fahimah Ulfat and Ali Gandour, Wiesbaden: Springer VS (forthcoming)
  • “Death as an Existential Quality (Amr Wujūdī): ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī’s Commentary on Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazzālī’s Poetry”, in Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and His Network of Scholarship (Studies and Texts), ed. Lejla Demiri and Samuela Pagani, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (forthcoming)
  • “Reflections on Theologie des Zusammenlebens”, in Theologie des Zusammenlebens. Christen und Muslime beginnen einen Weg, ed. Bernd Jochen Hilberath and Mahmoud Abdallah, Theologie des Zusammenlebens Christliche und Muslimische Beiträge series vol. 1, Ostfildern: Grünewald, 2017, pp. 73-85.
  • “Taḥrīf in der vormodernen muslimischen Literatur” in Das koranische Motiv der Schriftfälschung (taḥrīf) durch Juden und Christen. Islamische Deutungen und christliche Reaktionen, ed. T. Güzelmansur, CIBEDO-Schriftenreihe, vol. III, Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2014, pp. 15-44.
  • “Mose: ein Prophet des Islams” in Die Boten Gottes: Prophetie in Christentum und Islam, ed. A. Middelbeck-Varwick, M. Gharaibeh, H. Schmid and A. Yaşar, Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2013, pp. 89-102.
  • “Ḥanbalite Commentary on the Bible: Analysis of Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316) Al-Ta‘līq” in The Bible in Arab Christianity, ed. D. Thomas, Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2007, pp. 295-313.

Journal Articles:

  • “An Angelic Jesus? A Medieval Muslim Quest for an Alternative Christology”, Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie (NZSTh), 60/1 (2018), pp. 21-43.
    https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nzsth.2018.60.issue-1/nzsth-2018-0002/nzsth-2018-0002.xml
  • “Međuvjerski odnosi u srednjovjekovnome svijetu: Muslimanska tumačenja kršćanskih svetih knjiga”, Forum Bosnae, Sarajevo 61-62/13 (2013), pp. 194-201.
  • “İslâm Kelâmcılarına Göre Hıristiyanlık: Kadı Abdülcebbâr Örneği”, Köprü Dergisi (İsevilik Hz. İsa İslamı), Istanbul 93 (2006), pp. 77-89.

Articles for Newsletters and Magazines:

Encyclopaedia Entries:

  • “Hikâye”, in Christian-Muslim Relations Online II, Leiden: Brill, 2017.
  • “Altıparmak Mehmed Üskübî” (pp. 104-108), co-authored with Serkan Ince, in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Volume 10. Ottoman and Safavid Empires (1600-1700), Leiden: Brill, 2017.
  • “Cem Sultan” (pp. 676-687) and “Abū l-Faḍl al-Suʿūdī” (pp. 639-643) in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Volume 7. Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America (1500-1600), Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • “Hüsâm Çelebi” (pp. 592-598), “Molla Kâbız” (pp. 615-621) and “Ibn Kemal” (622-638), co-authored with Muharrem Kuzey, in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Volume 7. Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America (1500-1600), Leiden: Brill, 2015.
  • “Ibn ʿAwf” (pp. 675-678) in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Volume 5 (1350-1500), Leiden: Brill, 2013.
  • “Ṣāliḥ b. al-Ḥusayn al-Jaʿfarī” (pp. 480-485), “al-Sayf al-Murhaf” (pp. 662-665) and “Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī” (pp. 724-731) in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Volume 4 (1200-1350), Leiden: Brill, 2012.
  • “Tûfî” in DİA (Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi), Ankara: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, 2012, vol. 41, pp. 324-327.
  • “Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī” (pp. 625-631) and “Naṣr ibn Yaḥyā” (pp. 750-754) in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Volume 3 (1050-1200), Leiden: Brill, 2011.

Book Reviews:

  • Samer Akkach, Letters of a Sufi Scholar: The Correspondence of ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731), in Al-Masāq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean, 24/3 (2012), pp. 313-315.
  • R.Y. Ebied and D. Thomas (eds), Muslim-Christian Polemic during the Crusades, in Collectanea Christiana Orientalia (CCO), Cordoba: Universidad de Córdoba and CEDRAC (Université Saint-Joseph), 3 (2006), pp. 438-442.