Rebecca Masterton
NationalityBritish
EducationBA, MA, PhD
Occupation(s)Islamic studies scholar, author
academic
TelevisionPress TV, Ahlulbayt TV, HadiTV, Sahar TV

Rebecca Masterton is a British Islamic scholar, author and television presenter.

Early life

Masterton was born to a Christian family. She converted to Islam in 1999 and became a Shia Muslim in 2003.[1][2][3]She moved to London at the age of eighteen. She attended the School of Oriental and African Studies London, and received a BA in Japanese, an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature, and a PhD in francophone and Islamic mystical literature of West Africa.[4][5]

Career

Masterton's academic work focuses on West African Sufism, Shia spirituality, colonialism, and modernity. She has previously taught at Birkbeck College and the University of London.[3]

She has appeared on Iranian Islamic media programs by Sahar TV, Press TV, HadiTV, and on the British Shia broadcaster Ahlulbayt TV.[3]

Masterton is also a senior lecturer at The Islamic College in London.[6]

She has also published her book of short stories Passing Through the Dream... To the Other Side.[3]

Works

Books

  • Shī‘ī Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century (London: Light Reading, 2020)
  • Passing Through the Dream... To the Other Side. (Light Reading, 2008) ISBN 978-0955934407[4]

Translations

  • The Moral World of the Qur’an, by M. A. Draz, translated from French[7]
  • The Inner Dimensions of Hajj, by Zohreh Borujerdi, translated from Persian

Articles

  • A comparative exploration of the spiritual authority of the awliyā' in the Shi'ī and Sūfī traditions with reference to the works of the Dhahabī Order and Allamah Tabataba'i
  • Walayah as a Response to the Self-Other Dichotomy in European Philosophy
  • Islamic Mystical Resonances in Fulbe Literature
  • Islamic Mystical Readings of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's Ambiguous Adventure
  • A Critical Comparison of Cosmic Hierarchies in the Development of Christian and Islamic Mystical Theology

References

  1. ↑ "After the London bombings". BBC. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "My family were Christian in name, but not really Christian in belief". Imam Hussain.com-International Media. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Rebecca Masterton". Centre for Shia and Cultural Studies. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 Lecturer, Islamic College for Advanced Studies, London-Sessen II,page, 9 (PDF). Islamic Thought.com.UK. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. ↑ english. "Rebecca Masterton – The Enlightened to Shia Islam Centre". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Rebecca Masterton". The Islamic College.
  7. ↑ "Book Review". Oxford Journal.Org_Journal of Islamic Studies. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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