Theology Department Faculty
Natana J. Delong-Bas
Professor of the Practice
Natana J. Delong-Bas
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall 447N
Telephone: 617-552-3322
Email: delongba@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Middlebury College
- M.A.A.S., Georgetown University
- Ph.D., Georgetown University
Courses
- Religious Quest I and II: Christianity and Islam
- Building and Sustaining a Habitable Planet
- Women and Gender in Islam
- Islam and History in the Middle East
- Contemporary Islamic Thought and Practice
- Islam and Christianity in Dialogue听
- Geographies of Imperialism
Office Hours
听MW 10:30-11:45听 and by appointment
Biography
Dr. Natana J. DeLong-Bas is the author of听Shariah: What Everyone Needs to Know听(with John Esposito, 2018),听Islam: A Living Faith听(2018), and听Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad听(rev. ed. 2008, translated into Arabic, Russian, and French and named 1 of the top 5 books for understanding Islam by the Wall Street Journal), among other books. She is editor of听Islam, Revival & Reform: Redefining Tradition for the Twenty-First Century听(2022) and听The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Reform听(forthcoming 2023), and Editor-in-Chief of听Oxford Bibliographies Online 鈥� Islamic Studies.听Past President of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS), she is an expert on Islam and Christianity, comparative scripture (Bible and Qur鈥檃n), women and gender, Islamic law, the environment, extremism, and the Arabian Gulf countries.听
Selected Presentations
鈥淏ridging the Orient and the West: Tracing Translations of the Qur鈥檃n into English through Arabia and the British Empire in India in the First Decades of the 20th听Century,鈥� international workshop on 鈥淒a鈥檞a and Qur鈥檃n translation in the first decades of the 20th听century,鈥澨鼳lbert-Ludwigs-Universit盲t Freiburg, Germany, funded by the European Research Council, June 21-22, 2022.
鈥淔rom Subjects and Objects to Citizens and Society Influencers: Saudi Arabian Women in Religion, History and Contemporary Society,鈥� presented to School of Foreign Service for Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Feb. 1, 2022.
"Intertextual Scriptural Reading as Inspiration for Interfaith Cooperation in Water Conservation and Management," conference on 鈥淚slam, Environmental Science and Conservation,鈥� Michigan State University, October 15-16, 2020.
"From 鈥楽ources and Origins鈥� to 鈥楥onversation Partners鈥�: Reframing the Historical Construction of the Qur鈥檃n," Round-Table Conference on 鈥淭he Qur鈥檃n in Its Milieu of Origin: Possibilities of the Historical Reconstruction of the Qur鈥檃nic Revelation,鈥� Center for Islamic Theology and the Cluster of Excellence, University of M眉nster, Germany, November 8-10, 2019.
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Social Media Presence
鈥淪haria: What Does Everyone Need to Know,鈥� conference on 鈥淭he Islamic World Today: Issues and Perspectives,鈥� Brigham Young University, October 18-29, 2021.听
鈥淚slam for Catholics 101,鈥� Woods School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College, March 5, 2015.听.
鈥淢uslim Women and Islamic Law: Myths and Realities,鈥� Woods School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College, October 15, 2015.听.听
Select Recent Articles
鈥淭he Qur鈥檃n in Islamic Ritual and Practice,鈥� in听The Routledge Handbook of Islamic Ritual and Practice, ed. Oliver Leaman. New York: Routledge, June 2022, 13-37.
鈥淲ahhabism and Salafism in Global Perspective,鈥� in听Wahhabism in the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia鈥檚 Global Influence on Religion, ed. Peter Mandaville. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, 35-52.
鈥淭he Role of Women in Solidifying 18th听Century Revival and Reform Initiatives into Ongoing Mass Movements,鈥� in听Islam, Revival and Reform: Redefining Tradition for the Twenty-First Century, ed, Natana J. DeLong-Bas. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2022, 3-29.
鈥淚slamic Law and Gender,鈥澨�Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Available at听.
鈥淚slam, Nature and the Environment,鈥澨�Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Available at听.
Grants and Awards
Major Grant from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for environmental study in the Galapagos Islands, May 2019-May 2022.
University Council on Teaching Grant for Student Well-Being, Spring 2020.
Major Grant Award from Institute for the Liberal Arts for conference on 鈥淚slam in the Post-Obama Era,"听听Boston College, April 2018.听
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