Bruce B. Lawrence
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion
The Comparative Study of Religious Movements; Institutional Islam, especially in Asia; Indo-Persian Sufism; the Religious Masks of Violence; Contemporary Islam as Abrahamic Faith and Religious Ideology
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011
- Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011
Contact Information
- 314 Gray Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90964, Durham, NC 27708-0964
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bbl@duke.edu
(919) 660-3506
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Yale University 1972
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor with Tenure, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1979 - 2011
- Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor of Religion, in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2000 - 2011
- Chairman, Department of Religion, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1996 - 2002
- Professor, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1997 - 2002
- Acting Chairman, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1990 - 1991
- Acting Chairman, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1987 - 1988
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1974 - 1979
- Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1971 - 1974
- Recognition
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In the News
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MAY 7, 2015 The Washington Post -
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NOV 12, 2014 Los Angeles Review of Books
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Awards & Honors
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Muslim Networks Workshops awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation 2001
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Lawrence, B. B. The Koran in English: A Biography (Accepted). Princeton University Press, 2017.Link to Item
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Academic Articles
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Writing Self, Writing Empire: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary. By Rajeev Kinra. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. xix, 371 pp. ISBN: 9780520286467 (paper, also available in cloth and as e-book).” The Journal of Asian Studies 78, no. 1 (February 2019): 223–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021911818002851.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective. By Michael Cook.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 85, no. 2 (June 2017): 555–58. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfx014.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary SeyyedHossein Nasr, Editor-in-Chief General Editors: Caner K.Dagli, Maria MassiDakake, Joseph E. B.Lumbard Assistant Editor: MohammedRustom San Francisco: HarperOne, 20152048pp. Cloth, $59.99, ISBN: 978-00.” The Muslim World 106, no. 3 (July 2016): 633–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12136.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kurzman, C., and B. B. Lawrence. “Muslim modernities: Interdisciplinary insights across time and space.” Muslim World 105, no. 4 (October 1, 2015): 440–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12105.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Applying Ibn Khaldun: The Recovery of a Lost Tradition in Sociology.” Middle East Journal 69, no. 2 (March 1, 2015): 318–19.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Ibn Khaldun.” Middle East Journal 69, no. 2 (March 1, 2015): 318–19.Link to Item
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Lawrence, B. B. “The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam By A. AZFAR MOIN.” Journal of Islamic Studies 26, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 69–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/etu072.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics.” Middle East Journal 68, no. 3 (June 1, 2014): 486–88.Link to Item
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Feyissa, D., and B. B. Lawrence. “Muslims renegotiating marginality in contemporary Ethiopia.” Muslim World 104, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 281–305. https://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12056.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Reviewed Work: Chishtī Sufis in the Sultanate of Delhi 1190–1400: From Restrained Indifference to Calculated Defiance by Tanvir Anjum.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 134, no. 1 (2014): 175–77. https://doi.org/10.7817/jameroriesoci.134.1.0175.Full Text Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. ““ALL DISTINCTIONS ARE Political, Artificial”.” Common Knowledge 19, no. 2 (April 1, 2013): 269–74. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754x-2073251.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Review of Amyn B. Sajoo (ed.), A Companion to Muslim Ethics.” Sophia 51, no. 1 (April 2012): 139–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-011-0293-x.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Memories of the Prophet: Why the Prophet Matters.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “A History of Islam in America.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation with SH Nasr on His Life and Thought.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “The Crisis of Islamic Civilization.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Journey into America-the Challenge of Islam.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “A World without Islam.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism.” Middle East Journal 65, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 133–42.Link to Item
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Review of Richard B. Miller, Terror, Religion, and Liberal Thought.” Sophia 50, no. 4 (December 2011): 713–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-011-0267-z.Full Text
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Lawrence, B. B. “The late Shaikh Osama bin Laden: A religious profile of al-Qaeda's deceased poster child.” Muslim World 101, no. 3 (July 1, 2011): 374–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.2011.01395.x.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570–1215. By David Levering Lewis. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2008. xxiii + 384 pp. $27.95 cloth.” Politics and Religion 2, no. 2 (August 2009): 331–33. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755048309000327.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “Consequences of Occupation.” Journal of Palestine Studies 37, no. 1 (October 1, 2007): 111–12. https://doi.org/10.1525/jps.2007.37.1.111.Full Text
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Lawrence, Bruce B. “The languages of political Islam in India, c. 1200-1800.” Indian Economic and Social History Review 43, no. 3 (2006): 368–72.Link to Item
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