Dr. Martin Nguyen

Martin Nguyen is Professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. His work revolves around Muslim theology, ethics, spirituality, Qur'anic studies, Malcolm X, and the intersection of race and religion. He is currently writing on Islamic responses to global mass displacement and modern structural racism in a work tentatively entitled "Islam, Race, and the Displaced."

Among his books is Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination, which presents a contemporary theology rooted in the religious imagination while engaging with voices from the Islamic tradition like al-Ghazālī and Malcolm X. He also edited and revised with the late Imam Sohaib Sultan An American Muslim Guide to the Art and Life of Preaching.

Alongside his publications, he has facilitated several scholarly initiatives, including the "Constructive Muslim Thought and Engaged Scholarship" seminar at the American Academy of Religion and the "Islamic Moral Theology in Conversation" project.