Dr. Adnan Rehman

Areas of Expertise

philosophy of religion, semiotics, South Asian Islam, Islamic Thought

Biography

Ustadh Adnan has a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, M.A. in Islamic Thought from Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, a graduate school of International Islamic University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, M.A. in Theology and Philosophy from the Theology School at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey.

He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Boston University. He specializes in philosophy of religion, semiotics, and South Asian Islam.

Selected Publications and Work

"Revivalism and Decoloniality: The Paradox of Modernization without Westernization in the Political Theology of Israr Ahmad" Religions 14, no. 9 (2023): 1108. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14091108

“Nation as an Idol: Muslim Critique of Secular Nationalism in Modern South Asia.” Liah Greenfeld, ed. “Religion and Nationalism.” Special issue, Religions 9, no. 11 (2018): 355-377. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9110355

"A Comparison between the Positivist and the Kuhnian Historiographies of Science," Al-Shajarah 11, no. 1 (2006): 125-142.

Selected BIS Teaching

• IRL-531 Islamic Belief and Faith (ʿAqīda)
• IRL-611 Intellectual Foundations of the Modern World
• IRL-724 Interfaith and Intra-Faith Engagement

These are courses taught at BIS. For current academic information, explore the graduate program.