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Alfons Teipen is Professor of Religion and Director of Middle East and Islamic Studies Minor at Furman University. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from Temple University and completed his Vordiplom at Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. His research examines early Islamic biographies of Muhammad, relationships between Abrahamic faiths, and gender dimensions in religious discourse.
Professor Teipen's publications critically analyze Islamic-Christian relations and representations of Judaism in Muslim sources. Recent works include studies on Muhammad's prophetic status from Christian perspectives and examinations of Muslim-Jewish relations in early Islamic historiography. His scholarship contributes to interfaith dialogue and understanding of religious identity formation.
