Rebecca Masterton Explained
Rebecca Masterton is a British Shia Islamic scholar, author and television presenter.
Early life
Masterton was born to a Christian family. She converted to Islam in 1999 and became a Shia Muslim in 2003.[1] [2] She moved to London at the age of eighteen. She attended the School of Oriental and African Studies London, and received a BA in Japanese, an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature, and a PhD in francophone and Islamic mystical literature of West Africa.[3] [4]
Career
Masterton's academic work focuses on West African Sufism, Shia spirituality, colonialism, and modernity. She has previously taught at Birkbeck College and the University of London.[5]
She has appeared on Iranian Islamic media programs by Sahar TV, Press TV, HadiTV, and on the British Shia broadcaster Ahlulbayt TV.
Masterton is also a senior lecturer at The Islamic College in London.[6]
She has also published her book of short stories Passing Through the Dream... To the Other Side.
Works
Books
- Shī‘ī Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century (London: Light Reading, 2020)
- Passing Through the Dream... To the Other Side. (Light Reading, 2008)
Translations
- The Moral World of the Qur’an, by M. A. Draz, translated from French[7]
- The Inner Dimensions of Hajj, by Zohreh Borujerdi, translated from Persian
Articles
- A comparative exploration of the spiritual authority of the awliyā' in the Shi'ī and Sūfī traditions with reference to the works of the Dhahabī Order and Allamah Tabataba'i
- Walayah as a Response to the Self-Other Dichotomy in European Philosophy
- Islamic Mystical Resonances in Fulbe Literature
- Islamic Mystical Readings of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's Ambiguous Adventure
- A Critical Comparison of Cosmic Hierarchies in the Development of Christian and Islamic Mystical Theology
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: After the London bombings . BBC . 5 September 2005 . 4 January 2013.
- Web site: My family were Christian in name, but not really Christian in belief . Imam Hussain.com-International Media . 30 April 2012 . 4 January 2012.
- Book: Lecturer, Islamic College for Advanced Studies, London-Sessen II, page, 9 . Islamic Thought.com.UK . 4 January 2013.
- Web site: english . Rebecca Masterton – The Enlightened to Shia Islam Centre . 2020-06-24 . en-US.
- Web site: Rebecca Masterton . 2022-05-28 . Centre for Shia and Cultural Studies . en-GB.
- Web site: Dr. Rebecca Masterton . The Islamic College.
- Web site: Book Review . https://archive.today/20130415154134/http://jis.oxfordjournals.org/search?fulltext=Rebecca+Masterton&submit=yes&x=0&y=0 . dead . 15 April 2013 . Oxford Journal.Org_Journal of Islamic Studies . 4 January 2013.