Patrick Daniel Gaffney (born 1947) is an American

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who is an

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, academic, translator, member of the

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and the current Vice-Chancellor of

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Education and career

He earned his PhD from the

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and has taught at the

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, USA, since 1980. For his academic work, he received Kaneb Teaching Award in 2001, and Reinhold Niebuhr Award in 2002. A polyglot fluent in

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, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and a competent reader in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Gaffney translated ''Renaissance of the East'' by Hans Fortmann in 1972 and ''With Open Hands'' by

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in 1973 from Dutch into English. An expert on Islam and Islamic culture, Gaffney authored ''The Prophet's Pulpit: Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt'' in 1994 and co-authored ''Breaking Cycles of Violence: Conflict Prevention and Intrastate Crises'' in 1999.

Works

* ''The Prophet's Pulpit: Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt'' (1994) * ''Breaking Cycles of Violence: Conflict Prevention and Intrastate Crises'' (1999, co-author)

Translations

* ''Renaissance of the East'' (originally by Hans Fortmann) * ''With Open Hands'' (originally by

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaffney, Patrick 1947 births Living people American Roman Catholic priests University of Chicago alumni University of Notre Dame alumni University of Notre Dame faculty Congregation of Holy Cross American scholars of Islam