Mohammed Rustom (born 1980) is Full Professor of Islamic Thought and Global Philosophy at
Carleton University in
Ottawa,
Canada and Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam.[1] He is also Editor of Equinox Publishing’s Global Philosophy series and Editorial Board member of the
Library of Arabic Literature (NYU Press). An internationally recognized scholar whose works have been translated into a dozen languages, Professor Rustom's research interests include Arabic and Persian Sufi literature,
Islamic philosophy,
Qur’anic exegesis, translation theory, and cross-cultural philosophy.[2]
Biography
Rustom was born in 1980 in
Toronto, Canada and grew up in
Richmond Hill, Ontario.[3] His family came to Canada in the 1970s from
Tanzania and are ethnically Khojas with roots in Karachi. He graduated from the
University of Toronto in 2004 with an Hon. BA in Islamic studies (focusing on Arabic and Persian) and philosophy. He earned his PhD in Islamic philosophy and Sufi literature from the University of Toronto in 2009, and then took up a position at Carleton University.[1] From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Rustom served as Senior Research Fellow at the
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute.[3]
Works
Journal of Islamic Philosophy: A Special Issue on Mulla Sadra (2010)
The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra (SUNY Press, 2012) (Winner of Iran's 21st International Book of the Year Prize)[4]
In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought (co-ed.) (SUNY Press, 2012)
^* Rustom, Mohammed (2020-07-09).
"Author Detail". Renovatio. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
^
abRustom, Mohammed (2018). "Neo-Orientalism and the Study of Islamic Philosophy: An Interview with Professor Mohammed Rustom". Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies. 3 (1). Indiana University Press: 112.
doi:
10.2979/jims.3.1.11.
ISSN2470-7066.
^Reviews of The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra:
Shaker, Anthony F. (2015). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 25 (3). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 509–511.
doi:
10.1017/s1356186315000061.
ISSN1356-1863.
Rose, Deighton (2013). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Islamic Science. 11 (2). Center for Islam and Science: 161–164.
ISSN1929-9443.
Faruque, Muhammad U. (2014). "Book review: The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā". Journal of Sufi Studies. 3 (2). Brill: 228–230.
doi:
10.1163/22105956-12341272.
ISSN2210-5948.
Meisami, Sayeh, "Review: 'The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā'" (2014). Philosophy Faculty Publications.
Belhaj, Abdessamad (2013). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā by Mohammed Rustom". Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 6 (3): 363–365.
doi:
10.1353/isl.2013.0027.
ISSN2051-557X.
Casewit, Yousef (2014). "The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 25 (3): 399–401.
doi:
10.1080/09596410.2014.886374.
ISSN0959-6410.
^Reviews of The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration:
Qureshi, Jawad Anwar (2019). "Al-Ghazali on the Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration". Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies. 4 (1). Indiana University Press: 107–111.
ISSN2470-7074.
Burrell, David B. (2019). "Al‐Ghazali on Condemnation of Pride and Self‐Admiration (Book XXIX of The Revival of the Religious Sciences [Ihya' Ulum al‐Din])". The Muslim World. 109 (3): 466–466.
doi:
10.1111/muwo.12302.
ISSN0027-4909.