- 39
- Episodes
- 22
- Ratings
- 2017
- First episode
- 9K
- YouTube views
About Jonathan Brown
Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and he is the Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding. He received his BA in History from Georgetown University in 2000 and his doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 2006. Dr. Brown has studied and conducted research in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, South Africa, India, Indonesia and Iran. His book publications include The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Brill, 2007), Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld, 2009) and Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011), which was selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf. His most recent book, Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy (Oneworld, 2014), was named one of the top books on religion in 2014 by the Independent. He has published articles in the fields of Hadith, Islamic law, Salafism, Sufism, Arabic lexical theory and Pre-Islamic poetry and is the editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law. Dr. Brown’s current research interests include Islamic legal reform and a translation of Sahih al-Bukhari.
- Publisher
- Muslim Central
- Category
- religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Feb 2017
- Latest episode
- 23 Jul 2025
Latest episodes
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- YouTube views
- 9,398
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100
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- Quality
- 21
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 51
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