Dr. Celene Ibrahim
Dr. Celene Ibrahim is the author of Women and Gender in the Qur'an from Oxford University Press (2020), Islam and Monotheism from Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2022), and dozens of academic articles. She is the editor of One Nation, Indivisible: Seeking Liberty and Justice from the Pulpit to the Streets from Wipf & Stock Publishers (2019).
Ibrahim holds a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Civilizations and a master's degree in Women's and Gender Studies and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, a Masters of Divinity from Harvard University, and a bachelor's degree with the highest honors from Princeton University.
She offers lectures, workshops, and seminars around the world as a trusted voice on issues of religion and civic engagement, spiritual care and chaplaincy, Islamic intellectual history, and women's studies.
Special Honors:
Andrew W. Mellon Fellow
President and Fellows of Harvard College Presidential Scholar
Office of the President of the United States, Community Service Award
Current Affiliations:
Groton School, Faculty in Religious Studies and Philosophy and Muslim Chaplain
Boston Islamic Seminary, Faculty Affiliate
The New York Times Teaching Project
American Academy of Religion's Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit Steering Committee
Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College, Advisory Council
Journal of Interreligious Studies™, Board of Advisors
United States Selection Committee of the United World College
Previous Affiliations:
Tufts University, Muslim Chaplain
Harvard Divinity School Alumni/Alumnae Council
Islamic Studies Scholar-in-Residence and Co-Director of the Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education at Andover Newton Theological School and Hebrew College
Faculty Associate, Center for the Study of Jewish–Christian–Muslim Relations and Lecturer in Religious Studies and Theology at Merrimack College
The Klingenstein Center’s Justice, Conflict, and Dialogue Working Group, Columbia University Teachers College
Exploring Community-Engaged Models of Teaching and Learning in the Islamic Studies Classroom at the Center for Social Concern at Johns Hopkins University
Innovations in Chaplaincy Education working group at Boston University School of Theology
Educating Effective Chaplaincy working group, Boston University School of Theology and Brandeis University
Campus Chaplaincy in a Multifaith World, working group convened by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
The Islamic Seminary of America, Academic Policy Committee
Feminist Studies in Religion Forum, Board Member
Convergence on Campus, Board Member
Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative Steering Committee
Islamic Scholarship Fund, Selection Committee
Jury Member, Goldziher Prize for Jewish–Muslim Relations
Project Coordinator, Islam in the West Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Princeton University, Alumni Schools Committee
Read more about Dr. Celene Ibrahim's life and work in the autobiographical introduction to One Nation, Indivisible: Seeking Liberty and Justice from the Pulpit to the Streets
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