Theology Department Faculty
Natana J. Delong-Bas
Associate Professor of the Practice
Natana J. Delong-Bas
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall 447N
Telephone: 617-552-3322
Email: delongba@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Middlebury College
- M.A.A.S., Georgetown University
- Ph.D., Georgetown University
Courses
- Religious Quest I and II: Christianity and Islam
- Theological Inquiries
- Building and Sustaining a Habitable Planet
- Women and Gender in Islam
- Islam and History in the Middle East
- Contemporary Islamic Thought and Practice
Office Hours
M W F 9:30-10:45 a.m., or by appointment
Department
Selected Presentations
"Citizenship and Authoritarianism in Saudi Arabia in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring,” for “Democratization, Authoritarianism, and Radicalization: Exploring the Connections,” 17th Annual Conference for the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington, DC, April 21, 2016.
“Sectarianism, Identity, and Conflict in Islamic Contexts: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives,” Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, April 15-17, 2016.
“Rising Sectarianism in the Middle East and Its Impact on American-Islamic Relations,” for “Perceptions of Islam in the West and its Effects on Relations between Islamic Countries and the West,” 33rd Annual Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA, April 15, 2016.
Select Recent Articles
“Islam, Nature and the Environment,” Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies, Editor-in-Chief John O. Voll. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Available at www.oxfordbibliographies.com.
“Jihad.” Oxford Bibliographies Online – Islamic Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, February 22, 2018. Available at www.oxfordbibliographies.com.
“Rising Sectarianism in the Middle East and Its Impact on American Perceptions of Islam and Muslims,” Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. XL, No. 4, Summer 2017, 1-21.
“Between Conflict and Coexistence: Saudi Shi’is as Subjects, Objects, and Agents in Wasatiyya and Wataniyya,” Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 2016, pp. 47-64.