Martin Nguyen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3829404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Nguyen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Nguyen |
| SIGNATURE | NGUYEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fairfield University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0797-9082 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
God, Evil, and Suffering in Islam ; Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond
Thinking Beyond the Boundaries
Constructive Muslim Theology as Disruption, Invitation, and Ethical Intervention
In this essay, which was originally a presentation for a presidential plenary on “Constructive Muslim Theology” at the American Academy of Religion, I offer three ways for thinking about the nature of the emerging constructive Muslim discourse: as disciplinary disruption, invitation, and ethical intervention. First, I propose that constructive Muslim theology constitutes a distinct and separate disciplinary undertaking from Islamic Studies. Secon…
The Work of Constructive Muslim Thought and Engaged Scholarship
Words of Experience
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell: Islam, Salvation and the Fate of Others. Edited by Mohammad Hassan Khalil. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xxii + 335. $99 (cloth); $35 (paper
Faith-Rooted Thinking on Matters of Public Concern
The Theology of Louis Massignon
Reviewed by: The Theology of Louis Massignon: Islam, Christ, and the Church by Christian Krokus Martin Nguyen Christian Krokus, The Theology of Louis Massignon: Islam, Christ, and the Church. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2017. Pp. 272. $65.00. For the field of Islamic studies, Louis Massignon towers as a well-known and well-regarded scholar of Islamic intellectual history. Much, though not all, of his analyses concerning …
Exegetes of Nishapur
This article provides a preliminary study of three previously unstudied Qur'anic works, each of which has been ascribed to an important fifth/eleventh-century member of the Shāfiʿī elite of Nishapur. Previous studies have documented the importance of the city in the formation of the classical tafsīr tradition, with special attention paid to al-Thaʿlabī (d. 427/1035) and his student al-Wāḥidī (d. 468/1076). Nevertheless, other important Nishapuri …
Comfort of the Mystics
The Comfort of the Mystics: A Manual and Anthology of Early Sufism. Edited by Gerhard Böwering and Bilal Orfali. Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 98. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. ix + 34 + 686 (Arabic). $282
Modern Scripturalism and Emergent Theological Trajectories
This article explores how the hermeneutic prioritization of the Qurʾan or “modern scripturalism” has prompted a theological turn in the scholarly study of the Qurʾan within Western academe. The Muslim feminist exegetical discourse serves as a case study. First, I argue that this discourse is resonant with other modern scripturalist movements across the world, such as the Ahl-i-Qurʾan in South Asia. However, because the feminist exegetical discour…
The Textual Legacy of Abū l-Qāsim al-Qušayrī
The present article compiles and presents the textual legacy of the Sufi scholar Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Hawāzin al-Qušayrī (d. 465/1072), whose writings are especially significant for the fields of Islamic mysticism and theology. Every title that has been ascribed to Qušayrī is provided with an entry in which all known information is given; the contents are surveyed when possible, previous scholarly research concerning the text is noted, an…
Al-Tafsīr al-kabīr
The mystic and scholar of Nishapur, Abū l-Qāsim al-Qushayrī, is widely acclaimed for his important treatise on the Sufi Path, al-Risāla , and his Sufi commentary of the Qur’an, Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt . However, a commentary composed during his early career has been largely overlooked despite its wide attestation in the biographical literature. Called al-Tafsīr al-kabīr or “the Major Commentary,” this work may only survive in manuscript form. At the c…
Introduction
Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī (d. 465/1072) is a pivotal figure in the development of the Sufi tradition. The articles that comprise the present issue of the Journal of Sufi Studies propose to shed new light on understudied areas in Qushayrī’s thought, corpus, and posthumous reception
Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam
In his Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam, Todd Lawson provides a rich and multifacetedexploration of an unconventional exegetical text by Ali MuhammadShirazi (d. 1850), more prominently known as the Bab. The text in questionis Tafs¥r S ́rah Y ́suf, also known as Qayy ́m al-AsmOE’ and Aúsan al-Qa§a§.Available only in manuscript form, the Tafs¥r is an early and critically importanttext for understanding the rise of Babism, a messianic new religiousmovem…
Exegesis of the ḥurūf al-muqaṭṭaʿa
This paper seeks to explore the wide range of interpretations resulting from the ḥurūf al-muqaṭṭaʿa or ‘the disconnected letters’ of the Qur'an. Typically considered a paradigmatic case of the mutashābih in the Qur'an, exegetes have expended much time and energy speculating over the meaning(s) of these enigmatic graphemes. From the earliest exegetes to the later tradition, a chorus of possibilities and theories are encountered. The traditions of …
Over-Expression of CYP2E1 mRNA and Protein
Environmental exposure to benzene occurs through cigarette smoke, unleaded gasoline and certain types of plastic. Benzene is converted to hematotoxic metabolites by the hepatic phase-I enzyme CYP2E1, and these metabolites are detoxified by the phase-II enzyme NQO1. The genes encoding these enzymes are highly polymorphic and studies of these polymorphisms have shown different pathogenic and prognostic features in various hematological malignancies…
Hermeneutics as Translation
Interpreting the Qur’an
The book Interpreting the Qur’an is a welcome addition to the developingfield of Qur’anic studies, as it contributes specifically to the study of tafsir(Qur’anic exegesis). In a field that still lacks adequate historical surveys andmonographs, Saeed offers an insightful work on how the exegetical traditioncan be read and understood. He attempts to plot various trajectories of developmentthat span the classical and modern periods leading up to the…
Interpreting the Qur’an
The book Interpreting the Qur’an is a welcome addition to the developingfield of Qur’anic studies, as it contributes specifically to the study of tafsir(Qur’anic exegesis). In a field that still lacks adequate historical surveys andmonographs, Saeed offers an insightful work on how the exegetical traditioncan be read and understood. He attempts to plot various trajectories of developmentthat span the classical and modern periods leading up to the…
Hermeneutics as Translation
Exegesis of the ḥurūf al-muqaṭṭaʿa
This paper seeks to explore the wide range of interpretations resulting from the ḥurūf al-muqaṭṭaʿa or ‘the disconnected letters’ of the Qur'an. Typically considered a paradigmatic case of the mutashābih in the Qur'an, exegetes have expended much time and energy speculating over the meaning(s) of these enigmatic graphemes. From the earliest exegetes to the later tradition, a chorus of possibilities and theories are encountered. The traditions of …
Over-Expression of CYP2E1 mRNA and Protein
Environmental exposure to benzene occurs through cigarette smoke, unleaded gasoline and certain types of plastic. Benzene is converted to hematotoxic metabolites by the hepatic phase-I enzyme CYP2E1, and these metabolites are detoxified by the phase-II enzyme NQO1. The genes encoding these enzymes are highly polymorphic and studies of these polymorphisms have shown different pathogenic and prognostic features in various hematological malignancies…
Al-Tafsīr al-kabīr
The mystic and scholar of Nishapur, Abū l-Qāsim al-Qushayrī, is widely acclaimed for his important treatise on the Sufi Path, al-Risāla , and his Sufi commentary of the Qur’an, Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt . However, a commentary composed during his early career has been largely overlooked despite its wide attestation in the biographical literature. Called al-Tafsīr al-kabīr or “the Major Commentary,” this work may only survive in manuscript form. At the c…
Introduction
Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī (d. 465/1072) is a pivotal figure in the development of the Sufi tradition. The articles that comprise the present issue of the Journal of Sufi Studies propose to shed new light on understudied areas in Qushayrī’s thought, corpus, and posthumous reception
Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam
In his Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam, Todd Lawson provides a rich and multifacetedexploration of an unconventional exegetical text by Ali MuhammadShirazi (d. 1850), more prominently known as the Bab. The text in questionis Tafs¥r S ́rah Y ́suf, also known as Qayy ́m al-AsmOE’ and Aúsan al-Qa§a§.Available only in manuscript form, the Tafs¥r is an early and critically importanttext for understanding the rise of Babism, a messianic new religiousmovem…
The Textual Legacy of Abū l-Qāsim al-Qušayrī
The present article compiles and presents the textual legacy of the Sufi scholar Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Hawāzin al-Qušayrī (d. 465/1072), whose writings are especially significant for the fields of Islamic mysticism and theology. Every title that has been ascribed to Qušayrī is provided with an entry in which all known information is given; the contents are surveyed when possible, previous scholarly research concerning the text is noted, an…
Comfort of the Mystics
The Comfort of the Mystics: A Manual and Anthology of Early Sufism. Edited by Gerhard Böwering and Bilal Orfali. Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 98. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. ix + 34 + 686 (Arabic). $282
Modern Scripturalism and Emergent Theological Trajectories
This article explores how the hermeneutic prioritization of the Qurʾan or “modern scripturalism” has prompted a theological turn in the scholarly study of the Qurʾan within Western academe. The Muslim feminist exegetical discourse serves as a case study. First, I argue that this discourse is resonant with other modern scripturalist movements across the world, such as the Ahl-i-Qurʾan in South Asia. However, because the feminist exegetical discour…
Exegetes of Nishapur
This article provides a preliminary study of three previously unstudied Qur'anic works, each of which has been ascribed to an important fifth/eleventh-century member of the Shāfiʿī elite of Nishapur. Previous studies have documented the importance of the city in the formation of the classical tafsīr tradition, with special attention paid to al-Thaʿlabī (d. 427/1035) and his student al-Wāḥidī (d. 468/1076). Nevertheless, other important Nishapuri …
The Theology of Louis Massignon
Reviewed by: The Theology of Louis Massignon: Islam, Christ, and the Church by Christian Krokus Martin Nguyen Christian Krokus, The Theology of Louis Massignon: Islam, Christ, and the Church. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2017. Pp. 272. $65.00. For the field of Islamic studies, Louis Massignon towers as a well-known and well-regarded scholar of Islamic intellectual history. Much, though not all, of his analyses concerning …
Faith-Rooted Thinking on Matters of Public Concern
Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell: Islam, Salvation and the Fate of Others. Edited by Mohammad Hassan Khalil. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xxii + 335. $99 (cloth); $35 (paper
Words of Experience
Thinking Beyond the Boundaries
Constructive Muslim Theology as Disruption, Invitation, and Ethical Intervention
In this essay, which was originally a presentation for a presidential plenary on “Constructive Muslim Theology” at the American Academy of Religion, I offer three ways for thinking about the nature of the emerging constructive Muslim discourse: as disciplinary disruption, invitation, and ethical intervention. First, I propose that constructive Muslim theology constitutes a distinct and separate disciplinary undertaking from Islamic Studies. Secon…
The Work of Constructive Muslim Thought and Engaged Scholarship
God, Evil, and Suffering in Islam ; Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond
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