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Scott KugleProfessor
Biography
Education/Degrees
- Ph.D., History of Religions, Duke University
- B.A., Religion, Literature and History, Swarthmore College
Teaching/Research Areas
- Islamic Studies
- South Asian Studies
- Gender and Sexuality in Islam
- Comparative Religion
- Sufi Literature and Music
Books Published
- Hajj to the Heart: Sufi Journeys across the Indian Ocean (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022).
- The Merciful Door: Living with a Sufi Master in India (London: Beacon Books, 2022).
- When Sun Meets Moon: Gender, Eros and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2016).
- Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Muslims (New York: New York University Press, 2013).
- Sufi Meditation and Contemplation: Timeless Wisdom from Mughal India, trans. from Persian with critical introduction (New Lebanon: Omega Press, 2012).
- Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2010).
- Performing Ecstasy: Poetics and Politics of Religion in India, co-edited with Pallabi Chakravorty (New Delhi: Manohar Press, 2009).
- Sufis and Saints’ Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality and Sacred Power in Islamic Culture (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2007).
- Rebel Between Spirit and Law: Ahmad Zarruq, Juridical Sainthood and Authority in Islam. (Bloomington: Indian University Press, 2006).
- The Book of Illumination: an English Translation of Kitab al-Tanwir fı Isqat al-Tadbir by Shaykh Ibn `Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari (Louisville: Fons Vitae Press, 2005).
