Canadian-American educator and scholar of religion
For the 16th-century admiral, see Amir Husain Al-Kurdi. For the cognitive scientist, see Amir Hussain (cognitive scientist). For the Iraqi boxer, see Amir Hussain (boxer).
Amir Hussain
Born
Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality
Canadian / American
Academic background
Alma mater
University of Toronto
Thesis
The Canadian face of Islam: Muslim communities in Toronto (2001)
Academic work
Discipline
Islam, interfaith dialog
Institutions
California State University, Northridge Loyola Marymount University
Website
faculty.lmu.edu/amirhussain/
Amir Hussain is a scholar of religion who specializes in the study of Islam. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In November 2022 he became President of the American Academy of Religion. He has done significant publishing work with Oxford University Press, including editing the fifth editions (2018) of two of their main textbooks, World Religions: Western Traditions[1] and World Religions: Eastern Traditions,[2] and the third edition of A Concise Introduction to World Religions.[3]
^Amir Hussain; Roy C. Amore; Willard Oxtoby, eds. (2018). World Religions: Western Traditions (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 480. ISBN 9780190877064.
^Willard G. Oxtoby; Roy C. Amore; Amir Hussain, eds. (2018) [2015]. World Religions: Eastern Traditions (5th ed.). Rice University. p. 448. doi:10.1111/rsr.12250_6. ISBN 9780190875435. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^Willard G. Oxtoby; Roy C. Amore; Amir Hussain, eds. (2014). Concise Introduction to World Religions. Oxford University Press Canada. ISBN 9780199002818.
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