Herbert Berg, Professor
Office: Leutze Hall 217
Phone: (910) 962-3701
E-mail: bergh@uncw.edu
Web Site: http://people.uncw.edu/bergh
Degrees
- Ph.D., Centre for the Study of Religion - University of Toronto
- M.A., Centre for the Study of Religion - University of Toronto
- B.A., Religious Studies / Middle Eastern Studies - University of Waterloo
- B.Math., University of Waterloo
Areas of Expertise
- Islam
- International Studies
- Method and Theory in the Sutdy of Religion
Recent Publications
- “The Essence of Essentializing: A Critical Discourse on ‘Critical Discourse in the Study of Islam’.” Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 24 (2012):1–20.
- “Elijah Muhammad.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies, edited by Tamara Sonn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
- “Nation of Islam.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies, edited by Tamara Sonn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
- “The Needle in the Haystack: Islamic Origins and the Nature of the Early Sources.” In The Coming of the Comforter: When, Where, and to Whom? Studies on the Rise of Islam in Memory of John Wansbrough, edited by Basile Lourié, Carlos A. Segovia, Alessandro Bausi, 299–330. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgia Press, 2012.
- “Elijah Muhammad’s Redeployment of Muhammad: Racialist and Prophetic Interpretations of the Qur’ān.” Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki, edited by Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, Kees Versteegh, and Joas Wagemakers, 321–345. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2011.
- Elijah Muhammad and Islam. New York: NYU Press, 2009.
Courses Taught
- GLS 591 - Shi'i Islam
HON 210 - America from the Outside - INT 105 - Introduction to International Studies
INT 292 - Arabic - INT 490 - Senior Seminar in International Studies
- PAR 495 - America and Islam
- TAH - African American Islam
Awards
- 2012 Distinguised Teaching Professorship Award
- 2012 Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award
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