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Director of the Starr King Luce Project for Multi-religious Theological Education
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Cultural Studies and Islamic Studies
B.A. Vassar
M.Div. St. Vladimir’s Eastern Orthodox Seminary
Dr. Théol. University of Bern, Switzerland
Dr. Farajajé is on leave 2006-2008 from his roles as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. During that time he will direct the Starr King Luce Project for Multi-religious Theological Education, working internationally while based in Istanbul. He will teach three online courses during the 2007-2008 academic year, advise M.Div. and Ph.D. students, and contribute to the development of the GTU's Islamic Studies program.
Farajajé studied early Jewish literature at
the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He also researched
and taught at the Institut des Sciences Bibliques at
the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. He received
his doctorate in Theology for groundbreaking work on
the spiritual connection between the African Diaspora
and Africa. Farajajé has researched Islam with
an emphasis on the African American experience and Moroccan
Sufism, as well as the Yoruba and Maria Lionza religions
in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Before coming to Starr King in 1996, he was a professor
of the History of Religions and Sociology of Religion
at Howard University’s School of Divinity. Farajajé
is the author of "In Search of Zion: The Spiritual Significance
of Africa for Three Black Religious Movements" and co-editor
of "African Creative Expressions of the Divine."
The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Farajajé
has pioneered work that helps faith communities of color
shape compassionate responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
He is now applying his work in postcolonial/Diaspora
studies, cultural studies, critical theory and video
technologies to an investigation of 21st century Islam,
the development of Islamophobia and questions of identity
and diversity in Muslim communities.
Farajajé serves on the GTU Core Doctoral Faculty. He is also a member
of the Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions
area and the GTU Islamic Studies Task Force.
Contact or alternate contact.
Read
Ibrahim Farajajé’s work.
Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake
Rev. Alma Faith Crawford
Patti Lawrence
Rev. Dr. Gabriella
Lettini
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker
Rev. Dr. David Sammons
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