Diana Steigerwald,
California State University (Long Beach)
Historian of Islamic Thought more particularly Theology,
Philosophy, and Mysticism.
BA (Université de Montréal), MA, PhD
(McGill University).
You will find on this page the access to some summaries of
various subjects which I already worked out thoroughly in my
various publications.
THESES
1994 PH.D. IN ISLAMIC STUDIES, MCGILL
UNIVERSITY, Montreal.
Title of my Ph.D.
dissertation:
Essai
sur la pensée théologique et philosophique de
Shahrastânî
(m. 548/1153)
1987
M.A. IN ISLAMIC STUDIES, MCGILL UNIVERSITY.
Title of my M.A.
dissertation:
L'Imâmologie
dans la doctrine ismaélienne nizârienne
PUBLICATIONS
Published Books:
La
pensée philosophique et théologique de Shahrastânî
(m. 548/1153). Sainte-Foy (Québec): Presses de l'Université
Laval, 1997.
Al-Shahrastânî (1086-1153) is recognized as an influential
Muslim theologian and as an historian of religions. He was among
the pioneers in using a scientific approach to the study of
religions. He distinguished himself by his desire to describe in
the most objective way the universal religious history of
humanity.
This work is about the philosophical and theological thought of
al-Shahrastani (1086-1153). Al-Shahrastani is recognised as an
influential Muslim theologian and as an historian of religions.
He was among the pioneers to use a scientific approach in the
study of religions. He distinguished himself by his desire to
describe in the most objective way the universal religious
history of humanity.
Majlis
discours sur l'Ordre et la création de Shahrastânî
(m. 548/1153). Sainte-Foy (Québec): Les Presses de l'Université
Laval, 1998.
This book is an annotated French translation of a work written in
Persian (Majlis) by al-Shahrastani.
L'islam:
les valeurs communes au judéo-christianisme.
Montréal/Paris: Médiaspaul,
1999.
My book develops different themes of Muslim ethics such as:
tolerance, brotherhood, faith, prayers, prophecy, justice, and
death. For each topic, I highlight several concepts that Islam
shares with the Bible, different Jewish and Christian traditions,
and the apocryphal literature. My work insists on the common
principles of the faith shared by these three monotheistic
religions. It shows the affinities of Muslim ethics with
Judeo-Christian ethics.
Book Reviews on my books:
Book
review of Guy Monnot on my book La pensée
philosophique et théologique de Shahrastânî (m. 548/1153).
Sainte-Foy (Québec): Presses de l'Université Laval, 1997 in Bulletin
Critique des Annales Islamologiques, vol. 15 (1998) : 79-81.
Book
review of Jean-Jacques Lavoie on my book La pensée
philosophique et théologique de Shahrastânî (m. 548/1153).
Sainte-Foy (Québec): Presses de l'Université Laval, 1997 in Religiologiques,
vol. 16 (1997): 197-199.
Book
review of Farhad Daftary on my book Majlis discours sur
l'Ordre et la création de Shahrastânî (m. 548/1153).
Sainte-Foy (Québec): Laval University Press, 1998 in Journal of
the American Oriental Society, vol. 122, number 3
(July-September, 2002): 643
Book
review of Jean-Jacques Lavoie on my book Majlis discours
sur l'Ordre et la création de Shahrastânî (m. 548/1153).
Sainte-Foy (Québec): Laval University Press, 1998 in Religiologiques,
vol. 21 (2000): 268-269.
Book
review of Gilles Couvreur on my book L'islâm: les valeurs
communes au judéo-christianisme. Montréal/Paris:
Médiaspaul, 1999 in Islam
and Christian Muslim Relations, vol. 11.3 (2000):
391-392.voir aussi un bref résumé au Secrétariat
pour les relations avec l’islam
Articles:
"La signification et la symbolique de la prière dans
quelques branches de l'islâm." Revue Scriptura (A
Canadian Biblical Journal). Vol. 20 (1995): 113-133.
"L'Ordre
(Amr) et la création (khalq) chez
Shahrastânî." Folia Orientalia (A Polish
Journal . Vol. 31 (1995): 163-175.
"Le
rôle de la logique dans la réconciliation de la philosophie et
de la religion chez Averroès." Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses. (A Canadian Journal). Vol.
24.4 (1995): 441-155.
"La justice chez différents penseurs musulmans." Revue
Scriptura. Vol. 23 (1996): 35-55.
"L'apport
avicennien a la cosmologie d'après la critique
d'al-Shahrastânî et d'Averroès." Laval
Théologique et Philosophique (A Journal of Laval
University). Vol. 52.3 (1996): 735-759. (See the errata of the
Summary in Vol. 53.1 (1997): 4.)
"La foi dans la pensée musulmane." Revue Scriptura.
Vol. 24 (1996): 55-77.
"La foi: source de paix éternelle." Forward to volume
24 of Revue Scriptura about faith. (1996): 4-7.
"The
Divine Word (Kalima) in Shahrastânî's Majlis."
Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses. Vol.25.3 (1996):
335-352.
"Jérusalem:
Ville de l'ascension du Prophète Muhammad." Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses. Vol. 26.1
(1997): 95-109.
"La mort et l'au-delà dans l'islâm." Revue
Scriptura. Vol. 25 (1997): 61-86.
"La tolérance de l'islâm face au polythéisme et aux
autres religions monothéistes ?" Cahiers des Études
anciennes (A Journal of the University of Quebec). Vol. 33
(1997): 23-30.
En collaboration avec Ali Alibay "La
phénoménologie herméneutique d'un philosophe de la
métahistoire Henry Corbin (1903-1978)", dans The
Qur'an and Philosophical Reflections, pp. 77-96. Jakarta:
Indonesian Academic Society XXI, 1998.
"La
dissimulation (taqiyya) de la foi dans le shî'isme
ismaélien." Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses. Vol. 27.1 (1998):
39-59.
"Le
Logos: clef de l'ascension spirituelle dans
l'ismaélisme." Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses. Vol. 28.2
(1999): 175-196.
"La
pensée d'al-Fârâbî (259/872-339/950): son rapport avec la
pensée ismaélienne." Laval
théologique et philosophique. Vol 55.3 (1999): 455-476.
"La
mystique de Jalâl-al-dîn Rûmî (m. 672/1273) par la danse
cosmique des derviches tourneurs." Folia Orientalia.
Vol. 35 (1999): 147-156.
“Faith
(îmân) and Intellect (`aql) in Shî`ite
Tradition.” Religious
Studies and Theology. Vol. 19.1 (2000): 26-39.
“L’islam”
dans L’étude
de la religion au Québec. Bilan et prospective,
pp. 95-113. Jean-Marc Larouche and Guy Ménard ed. Sainte-Foy:
Presses de l’Université Laval et Corporation canadienne des
sciences religieuses, 2001.
“The
Multiple Facets of Isma‘ilism.” Sacred Web: A
Journal of Tradition and Modernity. Vol. 9 (2002): 77-87.
“The
Mystical Path of Islam” dans Mysticism: Select
Essays: Essays in Honour of John Sahadat, pp. 231-263.
Melchior Mbonimpa, Guy Bonneau, Kenneth-Roy Bonin ed. Sudbury
(Canada): Editions Glopro, 2002.
“The
Tolerance of the Fâtimids Toward ‘The People of the
Book’ (Ahl al-Kitâb)”. The Ismaili
United States of America (December 13, 2002): 16-17.
“The
Influence of Islamic Philosophy on Maimonides’s
Thought”. The Ismaili United States of America (December
13, 2003): 13-15.
“‘Alî” Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim
World. New York: MacMillan Reference USA, 2003.
“al-Azhar”. Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim
World. New York: MacMillan Reference USA, 2003.
“Karbalâ’”. Encyclopedia of Islam and the
Muslim World. New York: MacMillan Reference USA, 2003.
Book Reviews:
Durand, Gilbert. Science
de l'homme et tradition "Le nouvel esprit
anthropologique", Paris, Albin Michel, 1996, dans Religiologiques
(Journal of the University of Quebec), vol. 17 (1998): 266-27.
Gimaret, Daniel. Dieu
à l'image de l'homme: les anthropomorphismes de la sunna et leur
interprétation par les théologiens, Paris: Cerf, 1997,
in Religiologiques,
vol. 19 (1999): 232-235.
Bryant, M. Darrol and Ali, S.A. (eds.), Muslim-Christian
Dialogue: Promise and Problems, St. Paul (Minnesota):
Paragon House, 1998 in Religiologiques,
vol. 19 (1999): 214-218.
Daftary, Farhad, The
Ismâ`îlîs: Their history and docrines, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Connolly, Peter (ed.), Approaches
to the Study of Religion, New York: Cassell, 1999 in Studies in
Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 29.2 (2000): 213-215.
Franzmann, Majella. Women
and Religion, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000 in Religiologiques,
vol. 22 (2000): 257-259.
Abu-Rabi`, Ibrahim. Intellectual
Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab World,
Albany, State University of New York Press, 1996 in Religiologiques,
vol. 22 (2000): 231-233.
Mervin, Sabrina. Histoire
de l'islam: doctrines et fondements, Manchecourt,
Flammarion, 2000 in Religiologiques,
vol. 23 (2001): 352-354.
Karim, Karim H. Islamic
Peril: Media and Global Violence, Montreal, Black Rose
Books, 2000 in Religiologiques,
vol. 23 (2001): 344-346.
Platti, Emilio, Islam...
étrange? Au-delà des apparences, au cœur de l'acte
l'islam, acte de foi, Paris, Cerf, 2000 in Religiologiques,
vol. 24 (2001): 255-259.
Al-Shahrastânî, Abû al-Fath Muhammad, Kitâb
al-Musâra‘at al-Falâsifa (Struggling with the Philosopher:
A Refutation of Avicenna’s Metaphysics), edited and
translated by Wilferd Madelung and Toby Mayer, London, Tauris,
2001 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 30.2 (2001):
233-234.
Dumais, Monique, Choisir
la confiance, Montreal, Médiaspaul, 2001 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 30.2 (2001):
242-244.
Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali and Scheid, John (eds.) L’Orient
dans l’histoire religieuse de l’Europe.
L’invention des origines, Turnhout (Belgium), Brepols,
2000 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 30.3-4 (2001):
417-421.
Boisvert, Léandre, Les
Cycles de la vie de foi, Montréal et Paris, Médiaspaul,
2001 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 30.3-4 (2001):
423-424.
Potin, Jean, La
Bible rendue à l’histoire, Paris, Bayard Éditions,
2000 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 30.3-4 (2001):
442-444.
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein and Aminzavi, Mehdi, An
Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, vol. II, Oxford,
Oxford University Press, 2001 in Religiologiques,
vol. 25, (2002): 333-339.
Lalani, Arzina R., Early
Shî‘î Thought: The Teaching of Imam Muhammad al-Bâqir,
Londres, I. B. Tauris Publishers and Institute of Ismaili
Studies, 2001 in Religiologiques,
vol. 25, (2002): 312-313.
Gonzalez, Valérie, Beauty
and Islam: Aesthetics in Islamic Art and Architecture,
Londres, I. B. Tauris Publishers and Institute of Ismaili
Studies, 2001 in Religiologiques,
vol. 25, (2002): 295-296.
Eck, Diana L., A
New Religious American. How a “Christian Country” Has
Become the World’s Most Religious Diverse Nation,
New York and San Francisco, Harper, 2001 in Religiologiques,
vol. 25, (2002): 289-291.
Nault, François, Derrida
et la théologie. Dire Dieu après la déconstruction,
Montréal, Médiaspaul, 2000 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 31.1 (2002):
115-116.
Asani Ali S., Ecstasy
and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South
Asia, London, I.B. Tauris, 2002 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 31.2
(2002): 209-211.
de Prémare, Alfred-Louis, Les
Foundations de l’islam. Entre écriture et histoire,
Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2002 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 31.2 (2002):
240-242.
Esmail, Aziz, A
Scent of Sandalwood: Indo-Ismaili Religious Lyrics,
Richmond (Surrey), Curzon Press, 2002 in Religiologiques,
vol. 26 (2003): 299-364.
Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A., Cimetière
musulman en Occident: Norme juives, chrétiennes et musulmanes,
Paris, L’Harmattan, 2002 in Religiologiques,
vol. 26 (2003): 299-300.
Reeber, Michel, L’Islam,
Toulouse, Les Essentiels Milan, 1999 in Religiologiques,
vol. 26 (2003): 345.
Blanc, Florent, Ben
Laden et l’Amérique, Paris, Bayard, 2001 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 31.3-4 (2002):
405-407.
Gilbert, Pierre, Simon
Pierre apôtre et compagnon, Paris, Bayard, 2001 in
Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 31.3-4 (2002):
430-432.
Book Notes:
Yazbeck Haddad, Yvonne and. Esposito, John L (ed.). Muslim
on the Americanization Path? Atlanta: Scholars Press,
1998 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 28.4 (1999): 522.
Ruspoli, Stéphane, Le
Livre des théophanies d’Ibn Arabî, introduction
and annotated translation of Kitâb al-tajalliyât, Paris,
Cerf, 2000 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 30.3-4 (2001):
465.
Marchadour, Alain (ed.), Que
sait-on de Jésus de Nazareth? Paris, Bayard Éditions,
2001 in Studies
in Religion/Sciences religieuses, vol. 30.3-4 (2001):
462.
Rippin, Andrew, Muslims:
Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, New York,
Routledge, 2001 in Religiologiques,
vol. 26 (2003): 346-347.
Reeber, Michel, Le
Coran, Toulouse, Les Essentiels Milan, 2002 in Religiologiques,
vol. 26 (2003): 346.
Available texts on my Website
La
prière : lien ontologique avec la Déité
The first text is on the prayer, its significance and its
importance in Islam. This text is a brief summary of a chapter of
my book entitled L'islâm: les valeurs communes au
judéo-christianisme, published at Médiaspaul in 1999, pp.
119-138.
La
foi (imân) et l'intellect (`aql) dans la tradition
shî`ite
The second text on the faith in Islam is a brief summary of a
chapter of my book L'islâm: les valeurs communes au
judéo-christianisme, pp. 87-118.
Deux
aspects essentiels de la révélation : l'ésotérique (caché)
et l'exotérique (apparent) dans l'ismaélisme musulman
Summary of my speech for the conference of ACFAS at University
Laval in Sainte-Foy (Quebec)