Assistant Professor B.A. University of Punjab
B.A. James Madison University
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Born and raised in Pakistan, Rizwan Zamir teaches in the area of Islamic studies. Interested in Islamic intellectual history and culture in general, his research includes Islamic philosophy, ethics, mysticism, Shi'ism, contemporary Islamic thought, Islam in South Asia and comparative mysticism. His graduate training also involved sustained study of Christianity (especially the Orthodox tradition) and active engagement in inter-faith dialogue groups such as Scriptural Reasoning. He is the author of peer-reviewed articles "Descartes and al-Ghazali: Doubt, Certitude and Light" in
Islamic Studies, Tafsir al-Qur'an bi 'l Qur'an: The Hermeneutics of Imitation and
Adab in Ibn ‘Arabi's Interpretation of the Qur'an" (forthcoming,
Islamic Studies), and a book chapter for
The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies (edited by Clinton Bennett, forthcoming) that surveys the western academic study of Shi'ite Islam. Since March 2012, he co-chairs the Study of Islam section of the American Academy of Religion, Southeast Region. Mr. Zamir joined the department of Religion in fall 2010.
Courses:
REL 272: Introduction to Islam
REL 276: Sunni and Shi'ite Islam
REL 278: Islamic Mysticism
REL 376: Islamic Ethics
REL 377: Sufism
REL 378: Islam in the Modern Age
Courses under consideration:
Religion and Films
Islam in South Asia
Islamic Philosophy OR Islamic Philosophy and Theology
Introduction to the Qur'an and its Exegesis
To contact:
Preyer 201A
Phone: 704-894-2950
Fax: 704-894-2005
email:
rizamir@davidson.edu
