Areas of Academic Interest:

• Islamic Theology
• Islamic Intellectual History
• Islamic Historiography (Biographical Dictionaries)
• Arabic Language
• Religion and Literature

Publications:

• “Abu l-Qasim al-Ka’bi/al-Balkhi’s Doctrine on the Imama,” in A Common Rationality. Mu'tazilism in Islam and Judaism (forthcoming)
• “Ibn Taimiya’s Theology of the Sunna through His Polemics with the Aš’arites,” in Ibn Taymiya and His Times (forthcoming)

Courses Taught:

   Undergraduate:

• RS 10E: Second Year Arabic
• RS 148A: Advanced Arabic
• RS 149A: Introduction toIslamic Theology

   Graduate:

• RS 288: Classical Arabic Texts

Curriculum Vitae:

http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/faculty/Racha_elOmari_CV.pdf

Department of Religious Studies | University of California | Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3130
telephone: (805) 893-7136 | fax: (805) 893-2059 | http://www.religion.ucsb.edu