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Maria Massi Dakake

Maria Massi Dakake

American scholar of Islamic studies

Maria Massi Dakake (/ˈdeɪˌkeɪk/ DAY-kayk) is an American scholar of Islamic studies and associate professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University.[1][2] Her research mainly focuses on Islamic intellectual history, Quranic studies, Shi`ite and Sufi traditions, and women's spirituality and religious experience. She was a contributor to The Study Quran - a modern verse-by-verse commentary of the Quran.[3]

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Biography

Dakake graduated with a B.A in Government from Cornell University in 1990 and completed her MA and PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 1998 and 2000 respectively. She is the director of Graduate program at George Mason University and a founding member and former interim director (2015-2016) of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies. She has been at George Mason University since 2000 and has served as the chair of the Department of Religious Studies. Before joining George Mason University, Dakake taught at the College of New Jersey as an adjunct professor and Princeton University as a preceptor.[4]

Personal life

She is a convert to Islam from a Christian background.[5]

Works

  • The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam (SUNY Press, 2008)[6]
  • The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary (Translator, commentary writer and general editor) with Seyyed Hossein Nasr (editor-in-chief), Caner Dagli, Joseph E. B. Lumbard and Mohammed Rustom. HarperOne, 2015.[7]
  • The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an edited by George Archer, Maria M. Dakake, and Daniel A. Madigan. Routledge, 2021.
  • The Life and Legacy of Muhammad. The Great Courses with Audible, 2022.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Davary, Bahar (2016-11-08). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Horizons. 43 (2). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 397–401. doi:10.1017/hor.2016.108. ISSN 0360-9669.
  2. [2]
    Alexandrin, Elizabeth (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society. 59. The Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society: 104–108.
  3. [3]
    Editor, Daniel Burke, CNN Religion. "Could this Quran curb extremism?". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-20. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. [4]
    "Faculty and Staff: Maria M Dakake". Religious Studies. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  5. [5]
    Seyyed Hossein Nasr. The Study Quran: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015. p. 37.
  6. [6]
    Reviews of The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam:
  7. [7]
    Reviews of The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary:
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