Faculty
Paula M. Cooey
Erik Davis
Susanna Drake
James W. Laine
Brett Wilson

Part-time Faculty
Rabbi Barry D. Cytron

Visiting Faculty
Neil Elliott
Peter Harle
Jonathan Paradise

Retired Faculty
Rabbi Bernard S. Raskas
Calvin J. Roetzel

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Religous Studies
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Brett Wilson
Assistant Professor

Courses for Spring 2010
RELI 102-01: Modern Islam
RELI 294-01: Atheism Past and Present

Courses for Fall 2009
RELI 100: Introduction to Islam
RELI 200: The Qur'an (Koran)

Office: Old Main 116
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-3:45 pm and by appointment.
Telephone Number: 651-696.6150
E-mail: mwilson5@macalester.edu

Brett Wilson specializes in Islamic studies.  His research focuses on Islam in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire with particular interest in print history, translation studies, and modern understandings of Muslim identity.  Currently, he is working on a book project about Ottoman/Turkish translations and commentaries of the Qur'an.

Publications
M. Brett Wilson, "The First Translations of the Qur'an in Modern Turkey (1924-1938),"
International Journal of Middle East Studies, volume 41, issue 03, pp. 419-435.
(Copyright held by Cambridge University Press)
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=MES&volumeId=41&issueId=03&iid=5899604

“The Failure of Nomenclature: The Concept of “Orthodoxy” in the Study of Islam.” Comparative Islamic Studies, 3 no. 2 (2007), 169-194.

"Women, Gender, and Women's Religious Education: Turkey." In Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, Volume IV: Economics, Education, Mobility and Space, ed. Suad Joseph (Leiden: Brill, 2006).

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