People
Gabriel Said Reynolds
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology
Director, Master of Theological Studies Program
(B.A. Columbia University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University)
Profile
Gabriel Said Reynolds researches the Qur'ān and Muslim/Christian relations. His dissertation, on a medieval Islamic history of Christianity, won the Field Prize at Yale and is published (2004) by Brill as, A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieu. He has also prepared an introduction and translation of this history, which will be published by BYU Press in 2008 as The Critique of Christian Origins. Since arriving at Notre Dame, Gabriel has focused on Qur'ānic studies. In 2005 he organized an international conference at Notre Dame which led to the book, The Qur'ān in Its Historical Context, published by Routledge (2008). He will run the second Notre Dame Qur’ān conference in April 2009. Meanwhile, with the help of Luce and Fulbright grants Gabriel has prepared an original manuscript entitled The Qur'ān and Its Biblical Subtext. At Notre Dame he teaches classes from “Foundations of Theology” to “The Islamic Challenge to Christian Theology” to “Islamic Origins.” Outside of Notre Dame he has conducted research and delivered lectures in cities throughout the Middle East, including Cairo, Jerusalem, Beirut, Damascus, and Tehran. Gabriel and his wife Lourdes have three children: Luke, Emmanuel and Theresa.
Contact
227 Malloy Hall
574-631-5138
reynolds@nd.edu
Website: http://www.nd.edu/~reynolds/