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About Elliot Bazzano
NBN Episodes hosted by Elliot:
November 9, 2020
Ibn Taymiyya
Ibn Taymiyya is one of the most prolific and influential Islamic thinkers to date, and was even the only pre-modern Muslim author cited in the 9/11 Re…
June 25, 2018
The Qur’an and the Just Society
Ramon Harvey's new book The Qur’an and the Just Society (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) tackles a topic as big and meaningful as the title of the b…
March 8, 2018
Sufis, Salafis and Islamists
In Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Grounds of British Islamic Activism (I.B. Tauris, 2016), Sadek Hamid explores the contours of "Islamic …
July 26, 2017
Tafsir and Islamic Intellectual History
What does it mean to interpret the Qur'an? What kinds of literary genres have produced and continue to produce such inquiry? Is tafsir only a line-by-…
June 13, 2017
Tripping with Allah
Michael Muhammed Knight writes this book from a first-person perspective, as a piece of creative non-fiction. The book includes a liberal amount of sw…
March 24, 2017
The Study Quran
The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary (HarperOne, 2015) represents years of effort from a team of dedicated translators and editors (Seyye…
December 23, 2016
Muslims and the Making of America
Muslims and the Making of America (Baylor University Press, 2016) offers a succinct and gripping account of Muslim presence in the United States. The …
November 21, 2016
Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions
Christian Lange's Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions (Cambridge University Press, 2015), which was recently awarded the British-Kuwaiti Friendshi…
October 3, 2016
Living Sufism in North America
Rory Dickson's Living Sufism in North America: Between Tradition and Transformation (SUNY Press, 2015) is the first monograph in English to focus on S…
August 17, 2016
The Fear of Islam
Islamophobia, both as a term and concept, has a storied and complicated history, and understanding its many layers in our current historical moment re…
July 12, 2016
Gender and the Construction of Exegetical Authority
Aisha Geissinger's monograph, Gender and the Construction of Exegetical Authority: A Rereading of the Classical Genre of Qur'an Commentary (Brill, 201…
June 15, 2016
American Qur'an
Could the Qur'an--understood, according to Muslims, as the verbatim word of God in Arabic--acquire a nationality? Specifically, could it be American? …
May 4, 2016
Contemporary Issues in Islam
As the title of the monograph suggests, Contemporary Issues in Islam (Edinburgh University Press, 2015) by Asma Afsaruddin, guides the reader through …
December 17, 2015
Islam's Jesus
In Islam's Jesus (University of Florida Press, 2015), Zeki Saritoprak explores an old topic from a fresh perspective. The status of Jesus in Islam has…
November 12, 2015
Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an
In Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Dr. Karen Bauer tackles one of the f…
May 6, 2015
Qur'an in Conversation
Michael Birkel's Qur'an in Conversation (Baylor University Press, 2014) challenges its readers to think deeply about the Qur'an. The book will likely …
March 15, 2015
DMT and the Soul of Prophecy
DMT and the Soul of Prophecy:A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible (Park Street Press, 2014) asks a number of provocative question…
March 10, 2015
Muslims in the Western Imagination
In Muslims in the Western Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2015), Sophia Rose Arjana explores a variety of creative productions--including art, l…
January 23, 2015
Understanding Qur'anic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age
In Understanding Qur'anic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), Isra Yazicioglu draws connections between an …
September 18, 2014
Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam
In Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall and Progress of Mahometanism (Columbia University Press, 2014), Nabil Matar masterfully edi…
August 22, 2014
Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought
In Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment (Cambridge University Press, 2012), Ovamir Anjum explores a timely topic, eve…
June 10, 2014
Where The Two Seas Meet
In Where The Two Seas Meet (Fons Vitae, 2013), Hugh Talat Halman unpacks one of the most provocative narratives in the Islamic tradition. In the 18th …
April 15, 2014
Islam is a Foreign Country
Zareena Grewal's monograph Islam is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority (NYU Press, 2013), seamlessly interweaves e…
April 7, 2014
God in Proof
Nathan Schneider's monograph, God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the Internet (University of California Press, 2013), explores t…