Dr. Stuart Brown

Assistant Dean and Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies
School of Arts and Sciences

Educational Background:

Ph.D, Islamic Studies, McGill University

Originally from western Canada, Professor Brown did a first degree in history and politics at Carleton University in Ottawa before attending graduate school in Montreal. He has worked in academic posts in universities in Nigeria, Kenya and Canada, and as a research officer in West Africa, as well as in a variety of interfaith programs and projects in several countries of Africa, in Canada and with the World Council of Churches, based in Geneva, Switzerland. He is happily married with four grown children and five growing grandchildren.

Previous Posts:

Lecturer in history, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Lecturer in history, Kenyatta University, Nairobi
Program Secretary for Muslim- Christian relations and traditional religions World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland
Associate Professor in Religious Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Selected Publications:

The Nearest in Affection: Towards a Christian Understanding of Islam. Geneva: WCC, 1994. 124 + x pp. (No. 62 in the Risk Book series.) Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995; Ibadan: Sefer Books, 1997.
(translator): The Challenge of the Scriptures: The Bible and the Qur’ân by the Groupe de Recherche Islamo-Chrétien. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1989. 104 + vii pp. (Original title: Ces Écritures qui nous questionnent.)
(editor): Seeking an Open Society: Inter-faith Relations and Dialogue in Sudan Today. Nairobi: Paulines Press, 1997. 104 pp. (No. 2 in the Faith in Sudan series, general editors: Andrew C. Wheeler and William B. Anderson.)
"L’Importance de la Spiritualité dans le Dialogue interreligieux: une evaluation critique. Paper presented to the IVe Rencontre Islamo-Chrétienne, Tunis, Tunisia, 21-25 April 1986 ; in La Spiritualité: une exigence de notre temps, ed. Abdelwahab Bouhdiba. Tunis: CERES, 1988. (Série Études islamiques no 11), pp 351-360.
"Muslim-Christian Dialogue". Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement, ed. Nicholas Lossky, Pauline Webb, John Pobee et al. Geneva: WCC, 1991, p.705. Second edition (2002), pp 800-803.
"Muslim Attitudes towards Homosexuality", in Other Voices, Other Worlds: New Global Christian Reflections on Homosexuality, ed. Terry Brown. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2006, pp 114-128.

Research Interests:

Interfaith relations, religion and public life

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