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Samuel Kigar
University of Puget Sound
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
5101 N. 40th St
Tacoma WA 98407
United States
ABOUT
I'm currently working on a book: Islamic Terroir: Religion, Land, and Community in Modern Morocco. My research interests include the history of Muslim political, legal, theological, and mystical thought. I am specifically focused on Muslim conceptions of territoriality and spatial belonging, the history of Islam in the Maghreb, and religion and politics/law. In 2018, I joined the faculty in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Puget Sound as an assistant professor of religion.
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Islamic Studies
Islamic Thought
Maghreb Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Islamic Law
History Of Religion
Geographic Areas of Interest
Maghreb
Specialties
Religion And Territory
Modern Morocco
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Moroccan (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2018 | Religion | Duke University
MA | 2014 | Religion | Duke University
BA | 2006 | Religion | Reed College
Abstracts
The Inter-Religious Roots of Territoriality in the Far Maghreb