Jane Idleman Smith | |
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Born | Jane Idleman Smith |
Nationality | American |
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Alma mater | Hartford Seminary, Harvard University |
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Institutions | Hartford Seminary |
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Jane Idleman Smith is an American scholar of Islam and former professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University. [1] She is currently Professor Emerita of Islamic studies at Hartford Seminary. [2]
Smith received Bachelor of Divinity degree from Hartford Seminary and her Phd from Harvard Divinity School. [3] She has served as Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations and co-director of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary and professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University. She also served as co-editor of The Muslim World journal. [4]
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