Call for Papers: Islam and Cross-Cultural Competency

The Journal invites colleagues to submit articles for publication that combine intellectual rigor with community engagement. The Journal aims to provide a platform for scholars, students, and researchers to exchange their latest findings from different areas and fields. One of the key aims of the Journal is to foster dialogue between academics, researchers, community leaders, and students regarding Islamic faith and how it is practiced in America. To this end, successful proposals will reflect theoretical and methodological sophistication and engagement with existing scholarship, while also being accessible to non-specialists.
This third edition of the Journal of Islamic Faith and Practice will discuss and analyze Islam and Cross-Cultural Competency. The aim of this volume is to synthesize and advance both theoretical and empirical research about Islam and cultural competency within various disciplines including education, sociology, political science, healthcare, psychology, bioethics, ecology, social service, the arts and other relevant areas. Colleagues interested in publishing the proceedings of a conference and book reviews are also welcomed.
The Journal is a refereed periodical that is published once a year usually in March. The timeline for peer review and publication is in the range of 5-6 months.

This third edition, in focusing on Islam and Cross-Cultural Competency will, inshallah, include the following:

• Theoretical papers: How do we examine and analyze the American Muslim cross-cultural worldview in terms of the development of methodologies in approaching the Qurʾān, Sunna and Islamic traditions?
• Historical studies: How do we read and examine historical events, persons, and organizations that have an effect on Muslim communities’ cross-cultural worldview in America and beyond?

• American Islamic praxis papers: How do we examine the new practices, traditions and cultures that are developing within the American Muslim community as they relate to Islamic cross-cultural competency?
• Case studies, qualitative interviews, and oral histories of key people or organizations: How do we examine and evaluate the conduct of American Muslims’ religious leadership including the role of scholars, imams, chaplains’ contributions with respect to responding to cross-cultural challenges?

Possible Topics

Papers should focus on how Islam relates to key cross-cultural issues facing Muslims, such as the areas listed below. We are also open to other topics that fit within the primary theme of this volume.

• Islam and Cross-Cultural Marriage and Family Life
• Workplace Prejudice and the Islamic Paradigm
• The American Criminal Justice System, Prejudice and the Islamic Paradigm
• Islam and Cross-Cultural Social Responsibility
• Gender, Sexuality, and the Islamic Paradigm
• Racism and the Islamic Paradigm
• Affirmative Action and the Islamic Paradigm
• Islam and Human Rights
• Politics, Prejudice, and the Islamic Paradigm
• The African American Civil Rights Movement and the Islamic Paradigm
• Intergroup and Intragroup Cross-Cultural Issues in the Muslim American Community

• Dr. Ihsan Bagby, University of Kentucky
• Chaplain Omer Bajwa, Yale University
• Dr. Jonathan Brown, Georgetown University