Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Professor Reuven Firestone was born in northern California and educated at Antioch College, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Hebrew Union College, where he received his M.A. in Hebrew literature in 1980 and Rabbinic Ordination in 1982, and New York University where he received his Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic studies in 1988. For his research on holy war in Islam and in Judaism he was awarded the Yad Hanadiv Research Fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Come learn about spiritual life and the diversity of religious attitudes and practices on campus in the 21st century.

Come learn about spiritual life and the diversity of religious attitudes and practices on campus in the 21st century.