Adnan Aslan (born 1963) is a Turkish Islamic scholar.

Biography

Aslan was born in Kayseri in central Turkey in 1963 and received his education in both Turkey and

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. He completed his BA in

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Erciyes University Erciyes University ( tr, Erciyes Üniversitesi) is a Turkish institute of higher education located in Kayseri, Turkey. As of 4 April 2019, a total of 64,194 students were studying for their bachelor's degree and postgraduate studies. Background ...

in Turkey and received his MA in history and philosophy of religion from King's College London in 1990. He earned his PhD in philosophy of religion from Lancaster University in England in 1995. Aslan worked at a number of universities in Turkey. He has served as the dean of faculty of humanities and social sciences at Süleyman Sah University in Istanbul. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the department of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame du Lac and a faculty associate at

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of South Bend.

Works

* ''Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy: The Thought of John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr''Reviews of ''Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy: The Thought of John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr'': * * * Şentürk, Recep (1998). Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies, 2: 251-254 * * * Pucelik, T M. Choice; Middletown Vol. 36, Iss. 9, (May 1999): 1633. * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 62, No. 2 (1999), pp. 347-348 * Reviews in Religion and Theology, Volume 6, Number 2, May 1999, pp. 137-214(78) *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aslan, Adnan Turkish academics 1963 births Erciyes University alumni Alumni of King's College London 21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam Living people University of Notre Dame faculty Muslim scholars of Islamic studies