G.S. Reynolds, Notre Dame
Education and Employment
2003-Present, University of Notre Dame
Theology Dept, Notre Dame
Jerome J. Crowley and Rosaleen G. Crowley Professor of Theology
2003
Ph.D. Yale University
Ph.D. dissertation on Muslim-Christian relations in the classical period, awarded the Theron Rockwell Field Prize for a dissertation in Humanities, Yale University (2003).
Major Publications
Islamic Lessons for Christians. London: OneWorld. London: OneWorld, August 2026.
Christianity and the Qur’an: The Rise of Islam in Christian Arabia. New Haven: Yale University Press 2025.
Yale Dictionary of the Qur’an. General editor. Yale University Press. Publication 2027.
Allah: God in the Qurʾan. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Arabic translation: Allāh: ilāh al-qurʾān.
The Qurʾan and the Bible: Text and Commentary (Revised Qurʾan Translation of Ali Quli Qaraʾi annotated with Biblical Texts and Commentary by Gabriel Said Reynolds). New Haven: Yale University Press: 2018.
The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2023 (2nd edition). Arabic translation: Nushūʾ al-Islām. Trans. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ Saʿdī. Beirut: Dar al-Machreq, 2017. Persian translation: Forough Publishing, 2020.
Recent Speaking Engagements
May 7, 2026
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy)
“The Qur’an and Christianity: New Discoveries”
June 3, 2025
University of Austin (Texas)
“Christianity and Islam: What do they teach at these schools?”
March 25, 2025
University of Oxford (Pembroke)
Paradise, Hellfire, and the Problem of Evil in the Qur'an
October 31, 2024
Center for Ethics & Culture Conference (Notre Dame)
“Is God Safe? A Conversation with Islam"
October 30, 2024
Oxford Center for Muslim-Christian Studies (Zoom)
“God, humans, and paradise as reward in Muslim and Christian perspective”
June 6, 2024
United Bible Society Conference in Amman, Jordan
"Jesus in Recent Muslim Qur'an Translations"