Rosalind Ward Gwynne is an Islamic studies scholar and former associate professor emerita at the University of Tennessee.[1]
Biography
editGwynne completed her bachelor's degree in French from what is now known as Portland State University, earning a certificate in Middle Eastern Studies.[1] She then pursued her MA in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Washington, where she also received her PhD in Arabic language and philology and Islamic literature and theology.[1]
She began her career at the University of Tennessee as an assistant professor of Arabic and was involved with the Asian Studies Committee.[1] In 1987, she achieved tenure and was promoted to associate professor, later moving to the department of Religious Studies in 1988. From 1982 until her retirement in 2009, she acted as the advisor for the Muslim Student Association.[1]
Works
edit- Logic, Rhetoric and Legal Reasoning in the Quran: God's Arguments (2004)[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Rosalind Gwynne". Religious Studies. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ Reviews of Logic, Rhetoric and Legal Reasoning in the Quran: God's Arguments:
- Lowry, Joseph (2008). "Logic, Rhetoric, and Legal Reasoning in the Qur'ān: God's Arguments". Islamic Law and Society. 15 (3): 415–417. doi:10.1163/156851908X366192. ISSN 0928-9380.
- Fritch, Cory (2011) "Review of Logic, Rhetoric and Legal Reasoning in the Quran: God's Arguments", Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies 3(1): pp. 75–77.
Further reading
edit- Mobini, M. A. (2021). 'Delving into Rosalind W. Gwynne's View of the Fundamental Elements of Reasoning in the Holy Qur’an', Qru’anic Researches, 26(100), pp. 117–136.