Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOne God and Two Religions - An Interview with Amir Hussain (Throwback)
When I was writing The Islamic Mary, I became further interested in the field of Christian and Muslim dialogue and its relevancy today and in the fut…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Opening - Verse 1 of the Chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam) (Throwback)
Today, we revisit the first episode of my commentary of the chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam). I have now done commentaries of over 30 of the first ver…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Nostra Aetate and Islam
I had the opportunity to speak at Georgetown University on the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, a Catholic document on the church's relationship wi…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
A Devotional Qur'an - An Interview with Shawkat Toorawa (Throwback)
When I started writing my book The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries, I was drawn to the Qur'anic chapter of Mary or Surat Maryam. As I sta…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Understanding Salafism - An Interview with Yasir Qadhi
One of the reasons I became interested in Biblical and Qur'anic figures is because I did my dissertation and initial research on the medieval Ibn Kat…
10 months ago
Christians, Muslims and Mary - An Interview with Rita George-Tvrtkovic (Throwback)
When I started my career, I was interested in the figure of Abraham/Ibrahim and how he could be a bridge figure between Christians, Jews and Muslims.…
10 months, 1 week ago
How Can We Speak to an Infant? - Verse 29 of the Chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam)
When Maryam returns to her people, she mocked and told that she come from a righteous family, her father was a good man and her mother was chaste. I…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Witnessing God - An Interview with Alexander Massad (Throwback)
I sit down with Alexander Massad to discuss his new book "Witnessing God: Christians, Muslims, and the Comparative Theology of Missions". Alex is a …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Maryam and the Clash of Civilizations
I speak about a recent keynote address that I gave at the Pacific Northeast Virtual Exchange conference where I connect my research on the Islamic Ma…
11 months ago
Interreligious Studies - An Interview with Rachel Mikva (Throwback)
One of the reason I have been drawn to the Islamic Mary or Maryam is the idea of a shared figure between various religious traditions and the interac…
11 months, 1 week ago