Kecia ali born
Kecia Ali. Kecia Ali (born ) is an American scholar of Islam who focuses on the study of Islamic jurisprudence, ethics, women and gender, and biography.
Kecia Ali (born ) is an American scholar of Islam who focuses on the study of Islamic jurisprudence, ethics, women and gender, and biography..
Kecia Ali
American scholar of Islam (born 1972)
Kecia Ali (born 1972) is an American scholar of Islam who focuses on the study of Islamic jurisprudence, ethics, women and gender, and biography.[1] She is currently a professor of religion at Boston University.[2] She previously worked with Brandeis University's Feminist Sexual Ethics Project,[3] presided over the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics and was a research associate and postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis University and Harvard Divinity School.[1]
Education
Ali received her BA at Stanford University in History and Feminist Studies in 1993.
Then, in 2000, she received her M.A. in Religion and in 2002 her Ph.D. in Religion both at Duke University. She converted to Islam while in college.[2]
Work
Ali has written relating to the topic of marriage, womanhood, and their connection with, and development alongside, Islam.[4] She is sensitive to the way the We