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 Associate Professor
Kevin Reinhart specializes in Islamic religious studies. He was trained in
the study of religion at Harvard (M.A. 1978; Ph.D. 1986) and in Middle Eastern
and Arabic Studies at the University of Texas, Austin (1974); he joined the
faculty of Dartmouth in 1986. His research focuses on Islamic legal thought,
primarily in the pre-modern period. His book, Before Revelation: The Boundaries
of Muslim Moral Knowledge, which is a study of Islamic theories of moral
knowledge, was published by SUNY press in 1995. He
has just finished a book on the variety of Islamic practices in different
Locales. During 1995 and 1996 he was in Turkey working on Turkish language and
Turkish Islam. He spent the summer of 03 in Karbala and Najaf Iraq doing
humanitarian work. For more information on Kevin see his web page www.dartmouth.edu/~akr.
Courses and Programs
2008 Spring
- 16 (10) Modern Islam (Identical to AMES 15)
- 75 (12) Foundational Figures in the Study of Religion
2008 Summer
- 8 (10) Introduction to Islam (Identical to AMES 8)
- 75 (12) Foundational Figures in the Study of Religion
2008 Fall
2009 Winter
- Non-Teaching Resident Term
2009 Spring
- 16 (12) Modern Islam (Identical to AMES 15)
- 25 (10) Islamic Mysticism (Sufism)
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