Martin Forward
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Martin Forward is a British, Methodist Christian lecturer and author on religion and Professor of History at Aurora University, Illinois. He has taught Islam at the Universities of Leicester, Bristol and Cambridge, and had spent a period of time in India where he was ordained into the Church of South India. He was also a senior tutor and lecturer in Pastoral and Systematic Theology (Wesley House, Cambridge), and was a member of the Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity. Currently, he is the Executive Director of Aurora University's Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action and the Helena Wackerlin Professor of Religion,[http://www.aurora.edu/cfa/forward.htm Aurora University faculty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903223450/http://www.aurora.edu/cfa/forward.htm |date=2006-09-03 }} and has participated in numerous Interfaith dialogues. He has authored a number of books related to Islam and Christianity, such as "Muhammad: A Short Biography" and "Jesus: A Short Biography" respectively.
Books
- Muhammad: A Short Biography (1998). Oxford: Oneworld. {{ISBN|1-85168-131-0}}.
- The Failure Of Islamic Modernism?: Syed Ameer Ali's Interpretation Of Islam (1999). Peter Lang Publishing. {{ISBN|3-906762-38-6}}.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060904192730/http://www.aurora.edu/cfa/published/muhammad.htm The Prophet Muhammad: A mercy to mankind].
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