Craig Considine – The Conversation

Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Rice University

Dr. Considine is an award winning professor and the best-selling author of The Humanity of Muhammad - A Christian View. Dr. Considine is recognized as an authority in interfaith dialogue. He has written seven books and multiple articles for the field of Christian-Muslim relations and Islamic studies. Dr. Considine's opinions appear regularly in leading news and media outlets around the world. Considine also has experience in film-making, having directed the critically acclaimed documentary film Journey into America. He is a practicing Roman Catholic of Irish, Italian, Scottish, and English descent and a native of Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Considine holds a PhD in sociology from Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, an MSc Lond. in international relations from Royal Holloway, the University of London, and BA in international relations from American University in Washington, DC.

Experience

–present

Lecturer, Rice University
2022–present

Senior Lecturer, Rice University

Education

2015

Trinity College Dublin - University of Dublin, PhD
2008

Royal Holloway - University of London, MSc
2007

American University, BA

Publications

2021

Prophet Muhammad's Encounters with Christians, Hurst/Oxford
2020

The Humanity of Muhammad - A Christian View, Blue Dome
2019

Islam in America - Exploring the Issues, ABC-CLIO
2018

The Prophet of Love, Noura
2018

Muslims in America - Examining the Facts, ABC-CLIO
2017

The Racialization of Islam - Islamophobia, Hate Crimes, and 'Flying While Brown', Religions
2017

Islam, Race, and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora, Routledge
2017

Young Pakistani Men and Irish Identity: Religion, Race and Ethnicity in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, Sociology
2016

Religious Pluralism and Civic Rights in a “Muslim Nation”: An Analysis of Prophet Muhammad’s Covenants with Christians, Religions

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