Professor
Theology Department
Telephone: 617-552-0571
Email: james.morris.4@bc.edu
Islam in Turkey, Iran, Morocco, Indonesia
Islamic Humanities (poetry and music) and Philosophy
Hadith
Kurds
Sufism
Sainthood (walaya) and Pilgrimage
Shiite thought
The Qur™an
Cinema in spiritual teaching
Dr. James Morris is Professor of Islamic Studies in the University's Theology department and Islamic Civilization and Societies program. He is a prolific author, having written dozens of journal articles along with thirteen books, including most recently, The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn ArabÄ« Meccan Illuminations™; Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilization; and The Master and the Disciple: An Early Islamic Spiritual Dialogue. He has often interviewed on current issues for the B51¶¯Âþ and international journals and newspapers dealing with the Middle East.Â