Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Lubbers Hall
126 East 10th Street
Holland
MI
49423
United States
ABOUT
Matthew Kuiper's scholarship is focused on classical and modern Islam, the Qur'an, inter-religious relations, and S. Asian history. He has traveled extensively throughout the Muslim world. He is fascinated by the ways religions interact and shape one another, along with the ways they respond to the changes and challenges of modernity. At present, Kuiper is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Missouri State University.
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Islamic Studies
Christian Studies
Islamic Thought
Middle East/Near East Studies
South Asian Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Indian Ocean Region
All Middle East
Central Asia
Specialties
DAWAH, ISLAMIZATION, ISLAMIC MISSIONARY HISTORY
ISLAM IN SOUTH ASIA, SOUTH ASIA-MIDDLE EAST FLOWS
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Urdu (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2016
| THEOLOGY
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Abstracts
Agents and Patterns of Islamization in the Middle East and Beyond, c. 1100-1700 CE
