Charles Amjad-Ali
Martin Luther King Jr. Professor for Justice and Christian Community

Charles Amjad-AliEmail:
camjad@luthersem.edu

Personal Website:
www.luthersem.edu/camjad

Office:
651-641-3523    NW 210F

Courses:

CM 6425 01 S6 CHRISTIAN FAITH AND MUSLIM WORLD Spring 2013-2014
ST 2420 01 S6 ETHICS I- INTRO TO CHRISTIAN ETHICSSpring 2013-2014
ST 3433 01 S6 ETHICS II- ETHICS OF M L KING JR Spring 2013-2014
ST 2420 01 F6 ETHICS I- INTRO TO CHRISTIAN ETHICSFall 2013-2014
ST 3424 01 S6 ETHICS II- HUMAN RIGHTS CHR FAITH Fall 2013-2014
ST 8450 01 REL AND POL IN CONTEMP THEOL DEBATEFall 2013-2014
IS 6431 01 S6 STUDIES IN THE QUR'AN Spring 2012-2013
ST 3433 01 S6 ETHICS II- ETHICS OF M L KING JR Spring 2012-2013

Education:

Ordained(Church of Pakistan)
1987
Ph.D.Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ		1985
Post-Doctoral Certificate in Islamic Law, HistoryColumbia University
New York, N.Y.		1985
M.DivPrinceton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ		1978
Diploma of TheologyLondon University
London, England		1976
B.A.Karachi University and Oxford University
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan and Oxford, England		1967–1971

Biography:

Charles Amjad-Ali joined the Luther Seminary faculty in 1997 as visiting professor of Christian mission and social justice after a series of international lectureships reaching back well over a decade. In May 1997 he received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Chair of Justice and Christian Community. Before Luther Seminary, he has lectured at Princeton, Notre Dame, St. Thomas and Temple Universities as well

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Profile:

"We cannot be passive in the face of injustice; we must be involved. As Christians, we can do no other."

"I live in the world," says Charles Amjad-Ali, "not in the Church." An internationally- known teacher and social activist, ordained in the Church of Pakistan, Dr. Amjad-Ali has traveled the world teaching and working with ecumenical and human-rights organizations. Yet he considers himself an outsider. [more...]