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Mehdi Aminrazavi
Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Classics, Philosophy, and Religion
Leidecker Chair
Classics, Philosophy, and Religion
College of Arts and Sciences

maminraz@umw.edu
(540) 654-1341

Ph.D., Temple University
B.A., M.A., University of Washington

Expertise
Eastern Religions
Islam and the Middle East
Islamic Philosophy and Theology
Medieval Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion

Mehdi Aminrazavi, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program, and Co-Director of the Leidecker Center for Asian Studies, earned a Ph.D. (1989) in philosophy of religion from Temple University, after receiving an M.A. (1981) in philosophy and a B.A. (1979) in urban planning from the University of Washington.

A native of Iran, Dr. Aminrazavi has been published in both Persian and English and translated from Persian and Arabic into English. He has received a number of awards in the United States and internationally, and is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the American Philosophical Association, and the Middle Eastern Society of America.

He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, among which are The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in Persia (1996) and Philosophy, Religion and the Question of Intolerance (1997), Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination (1997), and The Wine of Wisdom (2005). Also, he is co-editor of the five-volume set, An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, including Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3.