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Dr Safaruk Zaman Chowdhury

Dr Safaruk Zaman Chowdhury

Research Scholar in Islamic Theology and Philosophy

Email: s.chowdhury@ibnrushdcentre.org

 

Education

Ph.D. in Islamic Studies. Area of study: Sufism, SOAS, London, UK;

M.A. Islamic (distinction). SOAS, London, UK;

B.A. Philosophy. Kings College London, London, UK.

A.K.C. Associate of Kings College. Christian Theology. Kings College London, London, UK.

Diplo. Arabic, Ministry of Education, Cairo, Egypt. Accrediting body: Wizarat al-Ta’lim

 

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Academic Journal Articles

2020    God, Gluts and Gaps: Examining an Islamic Traditionalist Case for a Contradictory Theology. History and Philosophy of Logic, DOI: 10.1080/01445340.2020.1797449 

Monographs

2022    The Doctrine of Resurrection in Islam: A Philosophical Exploration. New York: Routledge (under contract).

2021    Safaruk Chowdhury, Islamic Theology and The Problem of Evil. Cairo: American University Cairo Press (forthcoming).

2020    Safaruk Chowdhury, Biography of Key Kalām Thinkers. Amman: Kalam Research and Media (under contract, forthcoming).

2020    Safaruk Chowdhury, Kalām: A Beginner’s Guide. Amman: Kalam Research and Media, (under contract, forthcoming).

2019    Safaruk Chowdhury, A Ṣūfī Apologist of Nishapur: The Life and Thought of Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing.

 

Public-Facing Publications

  • (tr.) Shāh Waliullāh al-Dihlawī, Al-Arba’īn. London: Turath Publishing.
  • (tr.) ‘Alī al-Qārī, Al-Arba’īn on the Excellence of the Qur’ān. London: Turath Publishing.

2010    (tr.) al-Kattānī, Al-Arba’īn: On the Duty of Loving the Noble Family of the Prophet Muḥammad. London. Turath Publishing.

2014    (co-tr.) al-Nawawī, The Book of Remembrances (Kitāb al-Adhkār). London: Turath          Publishing.

 

Independent Publications

Select works independently published.

2015    Introducing Ḥadīth Studies. Interpretive Principles of the Ḥanafī School. London: Dar al-Nicosia.

2015    (tr.) Yūsuf al-Nabhānī, Forty Narrations on Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong. London: Dar al-Nicosia.

2016    (tr.) Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī, al-Arba’īn fī’l-Taṣawwuf (‘Forty Narrations on Sufism’). London: Dar al-Nicosia.

2016    (tr.) Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī, Kitāb al-Waṣiyya (‘Advice for a Novice’). London: Dar al-Nicosia.

2017    (tr.) Yūsuf al-Nabhānī, Forty Narrations on Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong. London: Dar al-Nicosia.

2020    (tr.) Taşköprüzāde, A Treatise on Disputation and Argument: Risālat al-Ādāb Fī ʿIlm al-Baḥth wa’l-Munāẓara: Risālat al-Ādāb Fī ʿIlm al-Baḥth wa’l-Munāẓara. London: Dar al-Nicosia.

 

Current Research Projects

  1. Resurrection and bodily identity in Islamic thought.
  1. Moral realism and divine command ethics.

 

  1. God and abstract objects.

 

  1. Disability, metaphysics and justice.

 

  1. Virtue epistemology (Beyond Foundationalism: A John Templeton Foundation research grant award).

 

  1. Kalām epistemology (Beyond Foundationalism: A John Templeton Foundation research grant award).

 

Future Research Projects

2021    Project Coordinator: International Foundation for Muslim Theology (IFMT) (under A John Templeton Foundation research grant award).

2021    Research contributor for American Society for Islamic Philosophy and Theology (ASIPT) (Under a John Templeton Foundation research grant award: grant #61570).

 

PAPERS PRESENTED IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

 

  1. ‘Destructibles and Indestructibles: Examining Some Problems Related to Resurrection and Bodily Continuity in Medieval Islamic Theology’. Monday 15th April 2019, BRAIS, Nottingham.

 

  1. ‘God was and No Thing was with Him’: Exploring Muslim Views on God and Abstract Objects. Tuesday 22nd February 2019, Helsinki Analytic Theology Workshop, University of Helsinki, Finland.

 

  1. Evil in the Biosphere: Towards an Islamic Evolutionary Theodicy. Wednesday 11th April 2018, BRAIS, Exeter.

 

  1. The Lord of the Excluded Middle: The Qur’ān, Logic and Arguments. Wednesday 12th April 2017, BRAIS, Chester.

 

  1. Into the Eschaton: Possible Animal Theodicies in Māturīdite Thought: Sunday 29th October 2017, KR&M Conference, Amman, Jordan.

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Modernism and Islamic thought.
  • Islamic philosophical theology.
  • Arabic linguistics and rhetoric.
  • Qur’ān studies.
  • Paraconsistent logic.
  • Islamic law and legal theory.
  • Ḥadīth studies.
  • Classroom pedagogy.
  • Critical thinking in the classroom.

TEACHING INTEREST

  • Philosophy,
  • Theology,
  • Islamic Law.
  • Ḥadīth.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHERS

  • British Association of Islamic Studies (BRAIS),
  • Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics (SSME).
  • The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (BSPR).
  • The Journal of Analytic Theology (JAT).
  • American Academy of Religion (AAR).
  • International Qur’an Studies Association (IQSA).