Sherman Jackson
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Sherman Jackson (also known as Dr. Sherman Abdul Hakim Jackson) is an associate professor in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is originally from Philadelphia.
Jackson converted to Islam during the 1970s. He had completed his B.A., M.A. before getting a Ph.D. in 1990 in the Department of Oriental Studies and Islamic Near East at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in the Islamic sciences of theology, law, and medieval Arabic.
Dr. Sherman Abdul Hakim Jackson is extensively published within the academia. He is a noted expert of the constitutional jurisprudence of Shihab al-Din-al-Qarafi, whose works revolve around the concepts of constitution, tyranny and power within Islamic law - topics very relevant today as some Muslim countries strive to follow the classical Islamic legal traditions. He has written a book centered around this figure, entitled "Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (1996). Recent published articles center around Mutazilite objectivism, Islamic Law and the sociopolitical reality in the United States", among others. He is a sought after speaker at various law schools throughout the country, and is well-known for his oratory skills. He has been teaching the Sira, "Usul al-Fiqh", and "History of Islamic Law" courses within ALIM since its inception four years ago.
Bibliography
- Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî. Leiden: E.J. Brill Leiden, 1996.
- The Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî's Faysal al-Tafriqa Bayna al-Islam wa al-Zandaqa, Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Islam And The Blackamerican: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection, Oxford University Press, 2005.
External links
- [alimprogram.com/scholars/jackson.shtml]
- [About Sherman Jackson]
- [ALIM Website]
- [Islam and the Blackamerican Chapter 1 excerpt]
- [Sherman Jackson - Islam and the Blackamerican: Black Orientalists]
- [Third Resurrection Group Blog]
- [Sherman Jackson - Jihad and the Modern World]
- [Sherman Jackson - Domestic Terrorism in the Islamic Legal Tradition]
- [Sherman Jackson - Muslims, Islamic Law and Public policy in the United States]
- [Sherman Jackson - The Etiquette of Disagreement]
- [Interview with Sherman Jackson]
- [Sherman Jackson - Covering Islam and Muslims in America]
- [A Speech by Sherman Jackson at a dinner hosted by Inner-City Muslim Action Network]
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