Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture Islamic pastoral care between two worlds. Creating space in the academic field and in the community. (part 1 of 2)

Dr Mahmoud Abdallah is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Tübingen in Germany. He is visiting St Andrews for two weeks within the Erasmus+ Mobility scheme. His research interests are in the areas of Islamic pastoral care and social work; interreligious dialogue and ‘the State and Religion'. His next book, ‘Prophet Stories and the Question of Hermeneutics: Ethical and Pedagogical Reflections for Islamic Pastoral Care' is to be published, in German, this year.

This is a two-part lecture, the second part is on Tuesday 3 October 2023, 1pm-2pm in St Mary's College Seminar Room 3.