Damian Howard
Damian Howard is a British Jesuit priest, engaged in the dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Britain. A former Provincial of the Society of Jesus in Britain, he served as Senior Chaplain to the University of Oxford until 2025, and now lives and works in London.
His research focuses on interreligious relations, particularly between Christians and Muslims, and on contemporary Islam. He was a lecturer in Christian-Muslim relations at Heythrop College (University of London) and deputy director of the Bellarmine Institute, in London. He studied Islamic studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London and holds a doctorate in contemporary Islamic thought from the University of Birmingham.
His publications include Ignatius of Loyola: Apostle to the Muslims (2016) and Being Human in Islam: The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview (2011).
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Being Human in Islam: The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview.
- Damian Howard
Islamic anthropology is relatively seldom treated as a particular concern even though much of the contemporary debate on the modernisation of Islam, its acceptance of human rights and democracy, ma...
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Being Human in Islam. The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview
- Damian Howard
A monograph by Damian Howard, SJ (Routledge, Culture and Civilization in the Middle East series, 2011, 226 pp.), Being Human in Islam examines the impact of the evolutionary worldview on modern Isl...
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