The Christian Culture lectures for 2023-2024 will be given by Dr. Gabriel Said Reynolds, Professor of Theology and Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He will present public lectures on Sunday, September 17 at 7.30 pm in 156 Schwartz, and on Monday, September 18, in 205 Schwartz. He will also present a short workshop presentation for members of the university community on Monday afternoon.
Dr. Reynolds is one of the world's leading scholars on Qur'anic Studies, the origins of Islam, and Muslim-Christian relations. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale University. In addition to his teaching at the University of Notre Dame, he has been a visiting professor at the Lebanese American University, Beirut, the Université de Saint Joseph, Beirut, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Among his books are Allah: God in the Qur'an (2020); The Qurʾan and the Bible: Text and Commentary (2018); The Emergence of Islam (2012; Arabic translation, 2017); New Perspectives on the Qurʾān: The Qurʾān in Its Historical Context (2011); The Qurʾān and Its Biblical Subtext (2010); and The Qurʾān in Its Historical Context (2008).
On Sunday evening, Dr Reynolds will speak on “To Whom does Abraham Belong? An Exploration of Abraham in Islamic Tradition.” In this lecture he will discuss how the Qur’an presents a key figure in the ‘Abrahamic religions’ or Judaism, Islam, and Christianity – Abraham – and how the Qur’an claims Islam alone to be faithful to Abraham’s teaching.
