Todd Lawson
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OccupationsEmeritus Professor for Islamic Thought and Middle Eastern studies
Alma materMcGill University
Doctoral advisorHermann Landolt
Professor Todd Lawson | |
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| Occupations | Emeritus Professor for Islamic Thought and Middle Eastern studies |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Thesis | The Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann Landolt |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Islamic and Middle Eastern studies |
| Main interests | Islam, Bahá'í Faith, Bábism, Shaykhism |
| Website | https://toddlawson.ca/ |
Todd Lawson is an Emeritus Professor of Islamic thought at the University of Toronto.[1]
Todd Lawson specializes in Islamic Thought, specifically Shi'i Quran commentary and philosophical theology. He is associate professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and lives in Montreal. He obtained his BA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia, and his MA and PhD in Islamic studies from McGill University (1980 & 1987). His current research is focussed on the centrality and nature of metaphor in religious language or "revelation".[2]