Mark H. Swanson
Professor, Islamic Studies
Director, Islamic Studies Program
2481 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-1496
1997-2006

Mark Swanson is no longer on the
Luther Seminary Faculty.  He is now
at Lutheran School of Theology Chicago
 

Courses

HC1315 Early/Medieval Church History
  Schedule		 Fall 2005
IS6410 Muslim Faith and Feeling Fall 2005

IS6415

 Islam in the Modern World

Fall 2005
LG6120 Arabic III Fall 2005
IS6431 Studies in the Qur'an Fall 2002

IS6445

Christian Engagement with Muslims

Spr 2002

Resources

Speaking & Travel

papers presented at a Christian-Muslim dialogue in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in July 1998
 Arabic as a Christian Language
 

Mark Swanson is available to speak at your congregation's event or adult forum
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Publications

Books and articles (see CV for more complete listing)

“Recent Developments in Copto-Arabic Studies (1996-2000),” in M. Immerzeel, J. van der Vliet, M. Kersten and C. van Zoest, eds., Coptic Studies on the Threshold of a New Millenium: Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Coptic Studies, Leiden, August 27 - September 9, 2000, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 133 (Leuven: Peeters, 2004), 239-67.

“Solomon, Bishop of Mount Sinai (Late Tenth Century AD),” in Herman Teule and Rifaat Ebeid, eds., Studies into the Christian Arabic Heritage: In Honour of Father Prof. Dr. Samir Khalil Samir S.I. at the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday, Eastern Christian Studies, 5 (Leuven: Peeters, 2004), 91-111.

"The Christian al-Ma'mun Tradition," in David Thomas, ed., Christians at the Heart of Islamic Rule: Church Life and Scholarship in 'Abbasid Iraq (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 63-92.

“A Frivolous God?” in David Thomas and Clare Amos, eds., A Faithful Presence: Essays for Kenneth Cragg (London: Melisdende, 2003), 166-83

Education/Curriculum Vitae:

Doctor in studiis arabicis et islamicis Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica (PISAI)   Rome, Italy 1992  

 

Biographical Notes
 

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Profile
M.A.R.S.,
Islamic studies		 Hartford Seminary
Hartford, CT		 1986  
CASA certificate,
 Arabic		 American University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt		 1983  
Ordained ELCA 1981  
M.Div. Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg   Gettysburg, PA 1981  
B.S. California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA		 1977    

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