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Indiana University Bloomington
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Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty : Faculty & Staff

R. Kevin JaquesR. Kevin Jaques

  • Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
  • Director, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program

Education

  • Ph.D. at at Emory University, 2001

Research Interests

  • Islamic legal history
  • Islam in Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean communities
  • Religious authority in times of social and cultural upheaval
  • Methods and methodologies in the academic study of religion

Contact Information

rjaques@indiana.edu
Sycamore Hall, Rm. 223
(812) 855-6907

Courses Recently Taught

  • Introduction to Islam
  • Religions of the West
  • Life & Legend of Muhammad
  • Prophets, Gods and Demonds: Islam in SE Asia
  • Knowing the Will of God in Islam: Law
  • Knowing the Will of God in Islam: Theology

Publication Highlights

  • Authority, Conflict, and the Transmission of Diversity in Medieval Islamic Law (Brill, 2006).
  • Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Makers of Islamic Civilization Series (Oxford University Press, in press).
  • "The Contestation and Resolution of Inner and Inter-School Conflicts through Biography," in Plurality and Pluralism in Muslim Contexts, ed. Zulfikar Hirji (I.B. Tauris, forthcoming).
  • “The Other Rabi’: Biographical traditions and the Development of Early Shafi’i Authority,” Islamic Law and Society 14, no. 2 (July, 2007): 143-79.
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