Aurangzeb Haneef
Assistant Professor, Study of Religion
Director, Minor in the Study of Religion (2024鈥2027)
Aurangzeb Haneef鈥檚 research lies at the intersection of Islamic intellectual history and the study of religion in the modern period. His work explores the formative and early classical periods of Islam, with particular attention to Qur示膩nic exegesis (迟补蹿蝉墨谤), 岣诲墨迟丑, historiography, manuscript culture, and the transmission of knowledge. His doctoral research examined the 迟补蹿蝉墨谤 attributed to Sufy膩n al-Thawr墨 (d. 161/778), situating it within its intellectual and historical contexts. Beyond the premodern period, his scholarship engages contemporary questions about conflict, peacebuilding, justice, and ecology through the lens of religion and scriptural interpretation.
Education
Ph.D., Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, 2022
Thesis: 鈥淭he Tafs墨r of Sufy膩n al-Thawr墨 (d. 161/778): A study of its provenance, sources, methods, and topics鈥Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, 2009 (Islamic Studies)
International M.A. in Peace, Conflict, and Development Studies, Universitat Jaume I / University of Innsbruck, 2007
Thesis: 鈥淩eligion and Peacebuilding: Nonviolence and Use of Force in Islam鈥
Courses Taught
Islamic Studies (core)
Qur示膩n and Its Interpreters: Between Text and Context
Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Jih膩d: Religion and Warfare in the Islamicate Context
Planned offerings: The Sacred Nature: Religion and Ecology; Theologies of Liberation: Justice in World Religions; The Prophetic Word: 岣d墨th in Context; Qur示膩n in the Modern Age
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