Description
Professor Sachiko Murata, a distinguished Japanese scholar of religion, takes us on a captivating journey into the intersections of Islamic and Confucian thought.
Islam had been present in China for almost a thousand years before Muslim scholars began writing about their religion in Chinese. In order to express Islamic teachings about God, the world, and the human role in creation, they drew from the flourishing Neo-Confucian tradition of the time, which synthesized elements of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism.
The vision of Islam that they offered to their fellow Muslims was both thoroughly traditional and completely congenial with Chinese modes of thinking. Join us to find out more about the fascinating dialogue between these traditions.
Please note, this venue has changed from the printed programme.
About the Academic
Sachiko Murata
Sachiko Murata is a professor of religion and Asian studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She received her B.A. from Chiba University in Chiba, Japan, and later attended Iran’s Tehran University where she was the first woman ever to study Islamic jurisprudence, and where she received her Ph.D. in Persian literature. Murata teaches Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. She is the author of several books including The Tao of Islam, Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light, The Vision of Islam (which she co-authored with William Chittick) and Temporary Marriage in Islamic Law. Murata’s article Islamic Learning in Confucian Terms appears in Universal Dimensions of Islam.
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