Yvonne Haddad
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Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University
. Her interests and focus include contemporary Islam; intellectual, social and political history in the Arab world; Islam in the West; Qur'anic Exegesis; and gender and Islam.
Haddad's current research focuses on Muslims in the West and on Islamic Revolutionary Movements.
Haddad received her Ph.D. in the Economic, Political Development, and Islamic Heritage in 1979 from Hartford Serminary in Hartford, Connecticut
, and her Masters Degree in Comparative History 1971 from the University of Wisconsin in Madison
. Additionally, she attended Boston University
, where she received an M.R.E. in Religious Education and Leadership Development in 1966, and the Beirut College for Women in Lebanon.
Yvonne Haddad is Presbyterian. She emigrated to the United States in 1963.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
. Her interests and focus include contemporary Islam; intellectual, social and political history in the Arab world; Islam in the West; Qur'anic Exegesis; and gender and Islam.
Haddad's current research focuses on Muslims in the West and on Islamic Revolutionary Movements.
Haddad received her Ph.D. in the Economic, Political Development, and Islamic Heritage in 1979 from Hartford Serminary in Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut
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, and her Masters Degree in Comparative History 1971 from the University of Wisconsin in Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
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. Additionally, she attended Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, where she received an M.R.E. in Religious Education and Leadership Development in 1966, and the Beirut College for Women in Lebanon.
Yvonne Haddad is Presbyterian. She emigrated to the United States in 1963.
Published works
- Yvonne Haddad. A Vanishing Minority: Christians in the Middle East (An Annotated Bibliography). : forthcoming, 2005.
- Yvonne Haddad. Not Quite American? The Shaping of Arab and Muslim Identity in the United States, An Edmonson Historical Lecture. : Baylor University Press, 2004.
- Yvonne Haddad, John Esposito. The Islamic Revival since 1989: A Critical Survey and Bibliography 1989-1994. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
- Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith. Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Movements in North America. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1993.
- Yvonne Haddad, John Voll, John Esposito, Kathleen Moore, and David Sawan. The Contemporary Islamic Revival: A Critical Survey and Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991.
- Yvonne Haddad, Adair Lummis. Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Yvonne Haddad. Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1982.
- Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith. The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1981.