Simon Wood
Associate Professor Classics & Religious Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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LPH 331F
Lincoln NE 68588-0337 - Phone
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402-472-2070 On-campus 2-2070
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swood2@unl.edu
Wood's research and teaching focuses on modern Islam and the comparative study of world religions. His books include Christian Criticisms, Islamic Proofs: Rashid Rida’s Modernist Defence of Islam (Oxford: Oneworld, 2008) and an edited volume, Fundamentalism: Perspectives on a Contested History (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2014).
His current courses include RELG 108 World Religions; RELG 208 Introduction to Islam; RELG 318 Islam in the Modern World; RELG 342 The Qur’an; and RELG 418 Fundamentalism, Religion, and Politics.
Education
- PhD in Religion from Temple University
- BA in History and Religious Studies from the University of Otago, New Zealand