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Faraz Sheikh
Assistant Professor
Email:
[[fmsheikh]]
Interests:
Comparative Religious Ethics; Ethical Formation; Muslim Ethics; Discourse and Subjectivity
Office:
Wren 305
Areas of Specialization:
comparative religious ethics; Islamic ethics; subjectivity and subject formation; religious and moral subjectivity in comparative perspective; south Asian religious, ethical and mystical traditions; modern social and political ethics
Prof. Sheikh holds an M.A in Arabic and Islamic studies (2006) from Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures and a PhD in religious studies (2015) from IUB's department of religious studies with twin concentrations in Comparative Religious Ethics and Islamic Studies. At 91心頭利, he teaches courses in Religion and Ethics, Conceptions of the Self: East and West, Ethical and Religious Formation, Religion & Hope and a range of courses in the field of Muslim Ethics.
Publications:
Books:
Faraz Masood Sheikh, Forging Ideal Muslim Subjects: Discursive Practices, Subject Formation & Muslim Ethics. Lexington Studies in Classical and Modern Islamic Thought, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Press), August 2020. See details at
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:
"Encountering Opposed Others and Countering Suggestions [khatarat]: Notes on Religious Tolerance from Ninth Century Arab-Muslim Thought," Comparative Islamic Studies Journal 11.2 (2015) 179 –204.
"Being an Intelligent Slave of God: Discursive Strategies and Subject Formation in Early Muslim Thought," Journal of Religious Ethics 47(1):125-152, March 2019.
Book Reviews:
Faraz Sheikh (2019). Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination by Martin Nguyen (Rowman & Littlefield Press, 2017) in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 36(3), 87-91.
In Preparation:
Books:
Tentatively titled Javed Ahmad Ghamdi’s Ethical Critique of Modern South Asian Political Islam (Co-authoring book with Prof. Hassan Bashir of Texas A&M, Qatar Campus)
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:
"The Ascent and Descent of Human Dignity: Belief and Human Flourishing in Said Nursi's Religious Thought"
“Moral Fallibility, Islamic Virtue Ethics and the Liberal Public Sphere”
“Self-reflection and Moral Judgement in the Islamic Tradition”
Book Reviews:
Cyrus Ali Zargar, The Polished Mirror: Story-telling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (Oneworld Press, 2017).
Courses:
- RELG 221 Religion and Ethics
- RELG 325 Understanding Muslim Ethics
- RELG 308 Religion in the Time of Cholera
- RELG 308 Ethical Formation in Comparative Perspective