“Islam’s Jesus”: A Lecture and Book Signing

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Islam’s Jesus: A Lecture and Book Signing Program Featuring Dr. Zeki Saritoprak

Monday, February 1st, 2016
UIW Rosenberg Sky Room

Agenda

6:15-6:45 pm Registration and Light Refreshments

6:45 pm Welcome and Introduction of the Speaker

7:00 pm Lecture

7:45-8:15 pm Q&A

Suggested Donation: $10

Professor Saritoprak will examine the place of Jesus in the Qur’an and Hadith. He will present the topic of Jesus in Islam from an Islamic theological perspective including both classical and contemporary theologians’ views of Jesus. Like Christians, Muslims, in general, also believe in the second coming of Jesus, known in Islam as the descent of Jesus. Dr. Saritoprak will highlight different Islamic theological approaches to Jesus’s descent. Finally, Dr. Saritoprak will discuss the important role Jesus can play in interfaith dialogue.
About Dr. Zeki Saritoprak

Zeki Saritoprak, Ph.D., is Professor and the Bediüzzaman Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University. He holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology from the University of Marmara in Turkey. Professor Saritoprak is the author of Islam’s Jesus (University Press of Florida, 2014) and over thirty academic articles and encyclopedia entries on topics in Islam. He has served as guest editor for issues of the journals Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations and The Muslim World. He is editor and co-translator of Fundamentals of Rumi’s Thought: A Mevlevi Sufi Perspective (in English; New Jersey: The Light, 2004) and the editor of a critical edition of al-Sarakhsi’s Sifat Ashrat al-Sa’a (in Arabic; Cairo, 1993). His He is currently preparing a book on Islamic spirituality tentatively titled Islamic Spirituality: Theology and Practice for the Modern World.

Sponsored by Dialogue Institute and UIW Department of Religious Studies.