Gisela Goodrich Webb
Professor
Department of Religion
Seton Hall University
United States of America
Biography
Gisela Goodrich Webb have been at Seton Hall in the Department of Religious Studies since 1989, teaching World Religions, Religious Dimension of Life, Islamic Studies, Women Gender and Islam, Women in Religion, Inter-religious Dialogue, and Death and Dying. She is also Associate Director of the Honors Program and teach in the Honors Colloquium on the Middle Ages and the Honors Senior Seminar. Her bicultural family (Puerto Rican mother/Southwestern U.S. dad) and her growing up in the Sixties, influenced my passion for cross-cultural studies in religion, spirituality, and social justice movements. Her research and topics of publications include the Islamic intellectual and mystical traditions (past and current), Islam in America, Muslim Women's rights, scholarship, activism, Women in World Religions, Inter-religious Dialogue, and Death and Dying. Her research travels to the Middle East, Indonesia, and Turkey have shared the common theme of understanding contemporary Islam and Inter-religious peace and justice work.
Research Interest
Islamic intellectual and mystical traditions (past and current), Islam in America, Muslim Women's rights, scholarship, activism, Women in World Religions, Inter-religious Dialogue, and Death and Dying.
Publications
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• Windows of Faith: Muslim Women's Scholar-Activists in North America Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000
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• "Intimations of the Great Unlearning: Interreligious Spirituality and the Demise of Consciousness Which is Alzheimer's" CrossCurrents, October 2001
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• Themes of Wisdom in Dialogue: Pedagogical Possibilities in Medieval Metaphysics for Undergraduate Liberal Arts Studies (Book Chapter) In Mohammad Faghfoory (Ed.), Beacon of Knowledge: Essays in Honor of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, FonsVitae Press, Louisville, Kentucky, January 2003