Dr. Marcia Hermansen teaches courses in Islamic Studies and Religious Studies in the Theology Department at Loyola University Chicago. She received her Ph. D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago and her numerous authored and co-edited books include Varieties of American Sufism: Islam, Sufi Orders and Authority in a Time of Transition (2020), Religion and Violence: Theological Reflections (2017), Islam, Religions, and Pluralism in Europe (2016), Muslima Theology: The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians (2013), Shah Wali Allah’s Treatises on Islamic Law (2010) and The Conclusive Argument from God: Shah Wali Allah’s Hujjat Allah al-Baligha. She writes on Islamic thought, Islam and Muslims in South Asia, Sufism, Muslims in America, and Women and Gender in Islam.
Sufism in Western Contexts explores both historical trajectories and multiple contemporary manife... more Sufism in Western Contexts explores both historical trajectories and multiple contemporary manifestations of Islamic mystical movements, ideas, and practices in diverse European, North and South American countries, as well as in Australia, all traditionally non-Muslim regions of the "global West". From early French and British colonial administrators who admired Persian poetry to nineteenthcentury American transcendentalists, followed by South Asian and Middle Eastern immigrant Su guides and their movements, expansive and many-faceted expressions of Sufism such as its role in Western esotericism, female whirling dervishes and Rumi cafes, and new articulations in cyberspace, are traced and analyzed by international experts in the field.
The 1920s was the most active decade in the political activism and publishing career of the India... more The 1920s was the most active decade in the political activism and publishing career of the Indian Muslim activist, Sufi, and literary figure, Khwāja Ḥasan Niẓāmī (1879-1955). The text under consideration here, Ta'rīkh-e Masīḥ (History of the Messiah) was issued in 1927, 2 but had apparently been under preparation by him for at least four or five years, beginning as early as 1922. This article explores the major elements and perspectives represented in Niẓāmī's work on Jesus in order to situate it within broader themes and issues surrounding Muslim-Christian dialogue in South Asia.
“Classical and Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on Religious Plurality in Islam”, Islam, Religions and Pluralism in Europe Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer, 2016, 39-56., 2016
Translation of Ivan Aguéli article “Femminismo”
Ivan Aguéli, (Abdul Hadi). “Femminismo” in Il Co... more Translation of Ivan Aguéli article “Femminismo”
Ivan Aguéli, (Abdul Hadi). “Femminismo” in Il Convito 1 no. 2 (May 1904), 4.
This is related to my chapter “Feminism and the Divine Feminine: an Exploration of Female Elements in Ivan Aguéli and Subsequent Traditionalist Thought.” In _Anarchist, Artist, Sufi: The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli_ ed. Mark Sedgwick, Bloomsbury, 2021, 151-164.
Muslima Theology: The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians, 2013
This is a typescript of the published introduction to an edited volume.
It is an overview of the... more This is a typescript of the published introduction to an edited volume.
It is an overview of the field and introduces the subsequent contributions to the volume.
South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Devotion, and Destiny, 2012
This is a typescript of material that was published as “South Asian Sufism in the United States” ... more This is a typescript of material that was published as “South Asian Sufism in the United States” in South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Devotion, and Destiny. Ed. Charles Ramsey New York: Continuum, 2012, 247-268.
Sufism East and West Mystical Islam and Cross-Cultural Exchange in the Modern World. Ed. Jamal Malik and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh, Brill, 2019, 149-179., 2019
This article surveys a range of current America Muslim intellectuals' positions on the ideal rela... more This article surveys a range of current America Muslim intellectuals' positions on the ideal relationship between Islam and culture, using as a starting point the suggestive ideal types laid out in H.R. Niebuhr's classic work, Christ and Culture.
Sufism in Western Contexts explores both historical trajectories and multiple contemporary manife... more Sufism in Western Contexts explores both historical trajectories and multiple contemporary manifestations of Islamic mystical movements, ideas, and practices in diverse European, North and South American countries, as well as in Australia, all traditionally non-Muslim regions of the "global West". From early French and British colonial administrators who admired Persian poetry to nineteenthcentury American transcendentalists, followed by South Asian and Middle Eastern immigrant Su guides and their movements, expansive and many-faceted expressions of Sufism such as its role in Western esotericism, female whirling dervishes and Rumi cafes, and new articulations in cyberspace, are traced and analyzed by international experts in the field.
The 1920s was the most active decade in the political activism and publishing career of the India... more The 1920s was the most active decade in the political activism and publishing career of the Indian Muslim activist, Sufi, and literary figure, Khwāja Ḥasan Niẓāmī (1879-1955). The text under consideration here, Ta'rīkh-e Masīḥ (History of the Messiah) was issued in 1927, 2 but had apparently been under preparation by him for at least four or five years, beginning as early as 1922. This article explores the major elements and perspectives represented in Niẓāmī's work on Jesus in order to situate it within broader themes and issues surrounding Muslim-Christian dialogue in South Asia.
“Classical and Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on Religious Plurality in Islam”, Islam, Religions and Pluralism in Europe Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer, 2016, 39-56., 2016
Translation of Ivan Aguéli article “Femminismo”
Ivan Aguéli, (Abdul Hadi). “Femminismo” in Il Co... more Translation of Ivan Aguéli article “Femminismo”
Ivan Aguéli, (Abdul Hadi). “Femminismo” in Il Convito 1 no. 2 (May 1904), 4.
This is related to my chapter “Feminism and the Divine Feminine: an Exploration of Female Elements in Ivan Aguéli and Subsequent Traditionalist Thought.” In _Anarchist, Artist, Sufi: The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli_ ed. Mark Sedgwick, Bloomsbury, 2021, 151-164.
Muslima Theology: The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians, 2013
This is a typescript of the published introduction to an edited volume.
It is an overview of the... more This is a typescript of the published introduction to an edited volume.
It is an overview of the field and introduces the subsequent contributions to the volume.
South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Devotion, and Destiny, 2012
This is a typescript of material that was published as “South Asian Sufism in the United States” ... more This is a typescript of material that was published as “South Asian Sufism in the United States” in South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Devotion, and Destiny. Ed. Charles Ramsey New York: Continuum, 2012, 247-268.
Sufism East and West Mystical Islam and Cross-Cultural Exchange in the Modern World. Ed. Jamal Malik and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh, Brill, 2019, 149-179., 2019
This article surveys a range of current America Muslim intellectuals' positions on the ideal rela... more This article surveys a range of current America Muslim intellectuals' positions on the ideal relationship between Islam and culture, using as a starting point the suggestive ideal types laid out in H.R. Niebuhr's classic work, Christ and Culture.
This article explores how an early twentieth century Indian Sufi Muslim, Khwaja Hasan Nizami (187... more This article explores how an early twentieth century Indian Sufi Muslim, Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1879-1955), treated various aspects of Hinduism in multiple Urdu publications. During the 1920s Nizami was identified as a primary activist in a tabligh campaign to counter Arya Samaj ...
poetry and Sufi dancing or whirling, to expressions of Africanicity and the forging of transnatio... more poetry and Sufi dancing or whirling, to expressions of Africanicity and the forging of transnational bonds to remote locations in Senegal, Sri Lanka, and Turkey, Varieties of American Sufism immerses the reader in diverse expressions of contemporary Sufi religiosity in the United States. It spans more than a century of political, cultural, and embodied relationships with Islam and Muslims. American encounters with mystical Islam were initiated by a romantic quest for Oriental wisdom, flourished in the embrace of Eastern teachings during the countercultural era of New Age religion, were concret-ized due to late twentieth-century possibilities of travel and immigration to and from Muslim societies, and are now diffused through an explosion of cyber religion in an age of globalization. This collection of in-depth, participant-observation-based studies challenges expectations of uniformity and continuity while provoking stimulating reflection on a range of issues relevant to contemporary Islamic Studies, American religions, multireligious belonging, and new religious movements. "The blend of approaches (historical, ethnographic, documentary, etc.) provides a spectrum of methodologies
This talk was held Sunday Nov. 15 on Zoom. It is now available on youtube.
https://www.youtube.c... more This talk was held Sunday Nov. 15 on Zoom. It is now available on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG2nXcOkGwk
This illustrated presentation was delivered June 11 by Zoom for a seminar organized by the Dept. ... more This illustrated presentation was delivered June 11 by Zoom for a seminar organized by the Dept. of Islamic Education at the University of Vienna.
In this study of Sufi elements in the Shahābnāma I would like to reflect on the themes of cross-c... more In this study of Sufi elements in the Shahābnāma I would like to reflect on the themes of cross-cultural exchange and contact, as well as diverse literary, philosophical, and even religious or spiritual strands that extend and inspire individuals to probe some of the more profound mysteries of the human condition. Since its publication in 1986, Pakistan the Urdu autobiography of Qudratullāh Shahāb, a well-known Pakistani civil servant and literary figure, has attracted wide popular interest.
URDU STUDIES, being published since 2019, is an annual peer-reviewed bilingual (English & Urdu) i... more URDU STUDIES, being published since 2019, is an annual peer-reviewed bilingual (English & Urdu) international research journal of the the Department of Urdu, Jai Prakash University, Chapra, India. Its thrust areas are (all with reference to Urdu Language, Literature & Culture):
Postcolonial Debates related to Urdu Language, Literature & Culture Contemporary Eastern & Western Critical Theories, and their reception in Urdu Colonial & Postcolonial Studies South Asian Cultural & Historical Studies Psychological Humanities Urdu and Contemporary Western Scholarship Intercultural & Comparative Studies Urdu Theatre & Cinema Translation Studies Urdu Studies is an attempt to bring together academic papers by scholars engaged in Urdu Literature, Language and Culture studies in universities around the world.
Launched in fond memory of Prof. Qamar Azam Hashmi (20.11.1942-06.04.2012), a beloved teacher of Urdu Language & Literature, critic, and one of the pillars of Urdu Movement in Bihar
اردو اسٹڈیز سال 2019 سے شائع ہونے والا سالانہ ہم مرتبہ نظر ثانی شدہ ذو لسانی (انگریزی و اردو) تحقیقی جریدہ ہے۔ اس کے اہم موضوعات میں اردو زبان، ادب و ثقافت کے مختلف ابعاد سے متعلق مابعد نو آبادیاتی مباحثے اور گرانقدر تحقیقات، جدید تر تنقیدی نظریات،نو آبادیاتی نیز ما بعد نو آبادیاتی تاریخ و مطالعات، ثقافتی تاریخ و مطالعات، نفسیات اور علوم انسانی، اردو اور معاصر مغربی دانشوری، جنوب ایشیائی تاریخ و مطالعات،بین ثقافتی، تقابلی مطالعات، اور مطالعات ترجمہ کاری شامل ہیں۔
جریدہ کی ادنی سی کوشش ہے کہ مختلف عالمی دانشگاہوں میں اردو مطالعات کے متنوع پہلوؤں سے متعلق تحقیق میں مصروف معروف دانشوروں کی اہم تحقیقی کاوشیں یکجا پیش کی جا سکیں۔
اردو زبان و ادب کے معروف استاد، ناقد، اور بِہار میں اردو تحریک کے ایک اہم ستون پروفیسر قمر اعظم ہاشمی (20 نومبر 1942تا 06 مارچ 2012) کی یاد میں جاری کیا گیا۔
Full length research papers on the topics mentioned above are invited (in English / Urdu) for the... more Full length research papers on the topics mentioned above are invited (in English / Urdu) for the fifth issue to be published in August 2023. Papers should be sent for the peer-review process by the end of June 2023, whereas, final papers may be submitted by 31st July 2023.
Second issue of Urdu Studies, edited and published by Arshad Masood Hashmi for the Department of ... more Second issue of Urdu Studies, edited and published by Arshad Masood Hashmi for the Department of Urdu, Jai Prakash University, Chapra. This issue includes papers contributed by for Urdu Section: Prof. Satya Pal Anand, Former Professor of English, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC Prof. Syed Hasan Abbas, Head, Department of Persian, BHU, Varanasi (Former Director, Raza Library, Rampur) Prof. Maula Bakhsh, Department of Urdu, AMU, Aligarh Dr. Sarwarul Hoda, Department of Urdu, JNU, New Delhi Dr. Laila Abdi Khojaste, Urdu Author & Lexicologist, Tehran, Iran Dr. Shazia Razzaq, Department. of Urdu, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Dr. Shazia Omair, Department of Urdu, Delhi University, Delhi Saqib Faridi, Research Scholar, Department of Urdu, JNU for English Section: Prof. David Lelyveld, Professor of History (Retired), William Paterson University, New Jersey, the United States Prof. Marcia Hermansen, Director, Islamic World Studies; Professor, Theology Department, Loyola University, Chicago Prof. Najeeba Arif, Chairperson, Department of Urdu, International Islamic University, Islamabad Prof. Agnieszka Kuczkiewicz- Fras, Chair for East and South Asia, Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
This chart, albeit rough, is useful for presenting the historical development of Sufism, for exam... more This chart, albeit rough, is useful for presenting the historical development of Sufism, for example in an introductory class.
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Ivan Aguéli, (Abdul Hadi). “Femminismo” in Il Convito 1 no. 2 (May 1904), 4.
This is related to my chapter “Feminism and the Divine Feminine: an Exploration of Female Elements in Ivan Aguéli and Subsequent Traditionalist Thought.” In _Anarchist, Artist, Sufi: The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli_ ed. Mark Sedgwick, Bloomsbury, 2021, 151-164.
It is an overview of the field and introduces the subsequent contributions to the volume.
Ivan Aguéli, (Abdul Hadi). “Femminismo” in Il Convito 1 no. 2 (May 1904), 4.
This is related to my chapter “Feminism and the Divine Feminine: an Exploration of Female Elements in Ivan Aguéli and Subsequent Traditionalist Thought.” In _Anarchist, Artist, Sufi: The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli_ ed. Mark Sedgwick, Bloomsbury, 2021, 151-164.
It is an overview of the field and introduces the subsequent contributions to the volume.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG2nXcOkGwk
Postcolonial Debates related to Urdu Language, Literature & Culture
Contemporary Eastern & Western Critical Theories, and their reception in Urdu
Colonial & Postcolonial Studies
South Asian Cultural & Historical Studies
Psychological Humanities
Urdu and Contemporary Western Scholarship
Intercultural & Comparative Studies
Urdu Theatre & Cinema
Translation Studies
Urdu Studies is an attempt to bring together academic papers by scholars engaged in Urdu Literature, Language and Culture studies in universities around the world.
Launched in fond memory of Prof. Qamar Azam Hashmi (20.11.1942-06.04.2012), a beloved teacher of Urdu Language & Literature, critic, and one of the pillars of Urdu Movement in Bihar
اردو اسٹڈیز سال 2019 سے شائع ہونے والا سالانہ ہم مرتبہ نظر ثانی شدہ ذو لسانی (انگریزی و اردو) تحقیقی جریدہ ہے۔ اس کے اہم موضوعات میں اردو زبان، ادب و ثقافت کے مختلف ابعاد سے متعلق مابعد نو آبادیاتی مباحثے اور گرانقدر تحقیقات، جدید تر تنقیدی نظریات،نو آبادیاتی نیز ما بعد نو آبادیاتی تاریخ و مطالعات، ثقافتی تاریخ و مطالعات، نفسیات اور علوم انسانی، اردو اور معاصر مغربی دانشوری، جنوب ایشیائی تاریخ و مطالعات،بین ثقافتی، تقابلی مطالعات، اور مطالعات ترجمہ کاری شامل ہیں۔
جریدہ کی ادنی سی کوشش ہے کہ مختلف عالمی دانشگاہوں میں اردو مطالعات کے متنوع پہلوؤں سے متعلق تحقیق میں مصروف معروف دانشوروں کی اہم تحقیقی کاوشیں یکجا پیش کی جا سکیں۔
اردو زبان و ادب کے معروف استاد، ناقد، اور بِہار میں اردو تحریک کے ایک اہم ستون
پروفیسر قمر اعظم ہاشمی (20 نومبر 1942تا 06 مارچ 2012) کی یاد میں جاری کیا گیا۔
for Urdu Section: Prof. Satya Pal Anand, Former Professor of English, University of
the District of Columbia, Washington DC
Prof. Syed Hasan Abbas, Head, Department of Persian, BHU,
Varanasi (Former Director, Raza Library, Rampur)
Prof. Maula Bakhsh, Department of Urdu, AMU, Aligarh
Dr. Sarwarul Hoda, Department of Urdu, JNU, New Delhi
Dr. Laila Abdi Khojaste, Urdu Author & Lexicologist, Tehran, Iran
Dr. Shazia Razzaq, Department. of Urdu, Lahore College for Women
University, Lahore
Dr. Shazia Omair, Department of Urdu, Delhi University, Delhi
Saqib Faridi, Research Scholar, Department of Urdu, JNU
for English Section: Prof. David Lelyveld, Professor of History (Retired), William
Paterson University, New Jersey, the United States
Prof. Marcia Hermansen, Director, Islamic World Studies;
Professor, Theology Department, Loyola University, Chicago
Prof. Najeeba Arif, Chairperson, Department of Urdu, International
Islamic University, Islamabad
Prof. Agnieszka Kuczkiewicz- Fras, Chair for East and South Asia,
Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University, Krakow,
Poland.