Fordham Professor to Speak on "Understanding Islam" at The Osborn [SPONSORED]
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The public is invited to attend a talk on May 1st at 7:30PM at The Osborn on “Understanding Islam” by eminent speaker Patrick S. Ryan, Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University. The program is sponsored by the Sterling Park Residents Interfaith Committee. This event is free and open to the public.
Patrick J. Ryan, S. J., is the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University. He earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English Language and Literature at Fordham, and a Ph.D. in the comparative history of religion from Harvard University, with a specialization in Arabic and Islamic Studies. At Harvard, he studied with the famous Canadian scholar of Islam, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, and the German scholar of Islamic mysticism, Annemarie Schimmel. Between 1964 and 2005, Father Ryan lived and worked in West Africa for twenty-six years, principally in Nigeria and Ghana, where he taught Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at both the University of Ghana and the University of Cape Coast. From 1999 to 2005 he was the President of Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, Nigeria.
Father Ryan has held numerous positions at Fordham. He taught Middle Eastern Studies (1983-1986), held the Loyola Chair in the Humanities (1996-1998), and served as Fordham's Vice President for University Mission and Ministry (2005-2009). Author of numerous articles, scholarly and popular, Father Ryan has also published three books. In his semi-annual McGinley lectures he is currently working with Jewish and Muslim scholars on the commonalities these faith traditions share with Christianity.Francesca D'Onofrio Stamford Mediator on Fordham University has reported on similaar topics
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