This episode of ReligionWise features a conversation with Khurram Hussain, Associate Professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University. In this far ranging conversation, we discuss the often overlooked humanistic elements present in Islam, reflect on ill-conceived narratives of intercultural interactions, and consider better ways of facilitating understanding across difference. Show Notes:<ul><li>Islam as Critique: Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Challenge of Modernity (<a href='https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/islam-as-critique-9781350248861/'>https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/islam-as-critique-9781350248861/</a>)</li><li>The Muslim Speaks (<a href='https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/muslim-speaks-9781786998880/'>https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/muslim-speaks-9781786998880/</a>)</li><li>The Oxford Handbook of Humanism: Humanism in the Middle East (<a href='https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190921538.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190921538-e-35'>https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190921538.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190921538-e-35</a>)</li></ul>

Religion from the Ground Up - Jessica Cooperman

ReligionWise features educators, researchers, and other professionals discussing their work and the place of religion in the public conversation. Host Chip Gruen, the Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding of Muhlenberg College, facilitates conversations that aim to provide better understanding of varieties of religious expression and their impacts on the human experience. For more about the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding, visit www.religionandculture.com.