Charles W. Amjad-Ali
Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor
   of Justice and Christian Community
2481 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-1496
camjad@luthersem.edu                      Office: NW 210G
(651) 641-3523                                             ext 523
 Fax:  641-3354

 

 

Courses

IS6415	Islam & the Modern World	Fall 2008
CM6425	Christian Faith and the Muslim World (taught every year in the second half of the Spring semester)	Spring 2008
IS6431	Studies in the Qur'an	Spring 2008
IS6440	Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism	Fall 2007
CM6420	Christian Theologies in Asia	Spr 2007
ST2420	Ethics I: Introduction to Christian Ethics (taught every year in the second half of the Spring semester)	Spr 2005
ST3424	Ethics II: Human Rights and Christian Faith (taught every third year in the second half of the Spring semester)
ST3425	Ethics II: Labor and Christian Theology (taught every third year in the second half of the Spring semester)	Spr 2005
ST6425 ST8425	Seminar in Hermeneutics (taught every other year in the Fall semester)	Fall 2004
ST8450 IS6450	Religion & Politics in Contemporary Theological Debates    (usually taught every year in the Fall semester)	Fall 2003
IS6415	Islam & the Modern World (taught every year in the Fall semester)	Fall 2004

Resources

International Peace and Justice: A guide to organization and website links
Given the diversity and breadth of material dealing with justice and peace issues, and the plethora of institutions, sites, and organizations available, discretionary judgment has been used to create a limited annotated site, in the hope of covering the major issues and the best sites.  (Maintained by the Martin Luther King Jr. Chair for Justice and Christian Community at Luther Seminary.)

Resources for Christian Engagement with Islam: A Self-Starter Guide
a student project by Kristina Rahfeldt, completed in partial fulfillment of two Luther Seminary
courses: Education I, and Christian Engagement with Muslims (2001)

Speaking & Travel

Selected Publications

Books and articles (see CV for more complete listing)

Liberation and Ethics: Essays in Religious Social Ethics in Honor of Gibson Winter, edited with W. Alvin Pitcher (Chicago: Center for Scientific Study of Religion, 1985).

Baptisma, Asha-i-Rabani aur Dini Khidmat, Urdu translation with Dominic J. Moghal of the World Council of Churches document Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (Rawalpindi: Christian Study Centre, 1986).

Religion and Asian Politics, National Dialogue-Pakistan, editor of papers presented at a Consultation held at the Pastoral Institute, Multan, Pakistan in November, 1986, under the aegis of the Christian Conference of Asia, International Affairs (Hong Kong: CCA/IA, 1987).

Passion for Change: Reflections on the Healing Miracles in St. Mark (Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Christian Study Centre, 1989).

Changing Realities and the Situation of the Church in Pakistan (Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Christian Study Centre and the Episcopal Conference of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan, 1990).

Jazba-e-Tamir-e-Nau, (Rawalpindi: Christian Study Centre, 1991).

How an Election was Stolen: PDA White Paper on Elections, 1990 (Islamabad, Pakistan: MIDASIA, 1991).

The Legislative History of the Shariah Act, with Christine Amjad-Ali (Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Christian Study Centre, 1992).

A Look Toward the Mountain, editor (Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Christian Study Centre/National Council of Churches in Pakistan, 1993).

But the Spirit Gives Life, with Christine Amjad-Ali (Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Christian Study Centre, 1993).

Magar Ruh Zindah Karti Hai (Rawalpindi: Christian Study Centre, 1994).

Islamophobia or Restorative Justice: Tearing the Veils of Ignorance (Johannesburg, South Africa: Ditshwanelo CAR2AS, 2006).

with Theodore Hanf, Leaving the Shadows? Pakistan’s Christians and the Search for Orientation in An Overwhelmingly Muslim Society (Forthcoming)

Education/Curriculum Vitae:

Th.D.	Uppsala universitet Uppsala, Sweden Doctor Upsaliensis Honoris Causa – Honorary Doctor of Faculty of Uppsala University awarded by the Faculty Board of Uppsala University, in conjunction with their four hundred year jubilee celebration	1995	Biographical Notes      Photo     (suitable for publication)       Profile
Post doctoral	Certificate in Islamic Law, History Columbia University New York, NY	1985
Ph.D. M.Div.	Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ	1985 1978
Dipl.Th.	London University London, England	1976
B.A.	Karachi University and Oxford University Pakistan                                          Oxford, England	1967-71

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Last updated: March 31, 2005.