Irfan A. Omar (Marquette University)

Irfan A. Omar
Assistant Professor
Department of Theology
Marquette University
PO Box 1881
Milwaukee WI 53201  USA

phones: 414-288-7170
        414-288-5508
fax:    414-288-5548
email:  Irfan.Omar@mu.edu

Description of work:
Geographic Regions: India, South Asia
Research Areas: religious issues, ethnic issues, modern history
Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic , Persian
Education: PhD Religion, Temple University
           MA Religion,  Temple University
           MA Religious Studies, Hartford Seminary
           BA Liberal Arts, St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi

Concurrent Positions: Adjunct Professor, Saint Francis Seminary, St.
Francis, Wisconsin

Past Positions: Adjunct Professor, Department of Philosophy and
Religion, The College of New Jersey, Adjunct Professor, Department of 
Religion, Temple University, Adjunct Professor, Department  of Theology, 
Saint Joseph's University

Select Publications: "Secular India: Striving Towards a Pluralist
Ethos," in RELIGIONS IN DIALOGUE: FROM THEOCRACY TO DEMOCRACY, A. Race and 
I. Shafer, editors (Ashgate Publishing House, 2002)

"The Symbol of Immortality: Some Popular Images of Khidr in the Orient,"
ISLAMIC CULTURE (July 2000)

"Indian Muslims and the Search for Communal Harmony: Some Notes on
Mawlana Wahiduddin Khan," STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM (Spring 2000)

"Islam and the Other: The Ideal Vision of Mawlana Wahiduddin Khan,"
JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES (Summer-Fall 1999)