Philosophy

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Area Of Specialization: Islamic, Jewish and eastern philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Jewish studies.

Oliver Leaman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky and a fellow of the Accademia Ambrosiana, Milan Italy. He has taught in the Middle East, Britain and now in the USA. He has published in a wide area of philosophy and religion, concentrating largely recently on the Qur’an and Islamic Philosophy. His most recent book is his edition of the Routledge Handbook of Islamic Ritual and Practice (2022). He has also published in Asian and Jewish Philosophy, and is very much committed to the idea that religion contains a variety of arguments, among other things of course, and that these need to be understood if we are to really know what the religion is about.

Recent Publications:

. An introduction to Medieval Islamic Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 1985

· Death and Loss: Compassionate Attitudes in the Classroom, Cassell, 1995

· Evil and Suffering in Jewish Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 1995

· History of Islamic Philosophy, ed. S.H. Nasr & O. Leaman, Routledge, 1996

· Friendship East and West – Philosophical Perspectives, ed. O. Leaman, Curzon, 1996.

· History of Jewish Philosophy, ed. D. Frank & O. Leaman, Routledge, 1996

· Moses Maimonides, Curzon, 1997, 2nd Edition

· Averroes and his Philosophy, Curzon, 1997, 2nd Edition

· The Future of Philosophy: Towards the 21st Century, ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 1998

· Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy, Routledge, 1999

· A Brief Introduction to Islamic Philosophy, Polity Press, 1999

· Eastern Philosophy: Key Readings, Routledge, 2000

· The Jewish Philosophy Reader, ed. D. Frank, O. Leaman & C. Manekin, Routledge, 2000

· Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2001

· Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film, ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2001

· Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, ed. G. Howarth & O. Leaman, Routledge,2001

· Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2001

· Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy, ed. D. Frank & O. Leaman, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

· Lost in Translation: Essays in Islamic and Jewish Philosophy, Buybook, 2004

· Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction, Edinburgh University Press, 2004

· The Qur’an: An Encyclopedia, ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2006

· Islamic Philosophy A-Z, with Peter Groff, Edinburgh University Press, 2007

· Controversies in Contemporary Islam, Routledge, 2013

· Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy, ed. O. Leaman, Bloomsbury, 2015

· The Qur’an: A Philosophical Guide, Bloomsbury, 2016

· Islam and Morality: A Philosophical Introduction, Bloomsbury, 2019

· Routledge Handbook of Jewish Ritual and Practice, ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2022

· Routledge Handbook of Islamic Ritual and Practice, ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2022