(Out of Stock) Localization of Islam in China 伊斯蘭在地化

Lin, Chang-kuan was trained as Islamicist in Jordanian, Canadian, and British universities. He was visiting scholar to SOAS-University of London and Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies-Universitas Indonesia to research Islam in South-east Asia. He has been teaching Islamic sciences at National Cheng-chi University and other academic institutes for more than two decades. In 2003, in order to promote Islamic studies, he founded Centre for the Studies of Islamic Civilization and Thought (CSICT) at Cheng-chi University, which lasted for several years. Dr. Lin was one of the founding members of Taiwan Association of Islamic Studies (TAIS), and served as the first chairman of TAIS since its inauguration in 2009 till 2013. He wrote several articles on Chinese Islam for Leiden-Brill' s Encyclopaedia of Islam (new editon). He has authored numerous articles and reviews on Islamic history and culture, and edited several books on Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. He also serves as editor and advisor to several academic journals.