Paul Powers

Visiting Assistant Professor

department: Religious Studies
office: 222 John R. Howard Hall
MSC: 45
phone: 503-768-7289
e-mail: ppowers@lclark.edu

Education:
PhD, University of Chicago, History of Religions/Islam, 2001
MA, University of Chicago, Religious Studies, 1992
BA, Carleton College, Religious Studies, 1990

Paul Powers teaches a range of courses about Islam, Middle East history, and Religious Studies. His research interests focus on pre-modern Islam, especially Islamic law. He has published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and his book, Intent in Islamic law: Motive and Meaning in Medieval Sunni Fiqh, is forthcoming from Brill Academic Publishers in 2005.