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Dr. Jason Zaborowski
Religious Studies
Room: BR 283
Office Hours: M W F 2-3pm
Office Phone: (309) 677-2444
E-Mail Address: jzaborowski@bradley.edu
Personal Information
Jason Zaborowski came to Bradley in 2006 to teach courses on religion in the Middle East. He earned his Ph.D. from Catholic University's department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, where he focused on Arabic, Coptic, and Syriac literature of the Middle East. He teaches Islamic studies from historical and linguistic perspectives, always injecting Arabic cultural and language observations into the classroom dynamic, and engaging students with Islamic primary sources. His topic of special interest is the Coptic Christian community of Egypt. He researches their literature in Coptic (the last stage of ancient Egyptian language) and Arabic, examining their fascinating history of cultural interchange with Muslims and others. Dr. Zaborowski's research often deals with social change of religions in the Middle East, from pre-Islamic times to the modern period.
Courses
RLS 101 - Comparative Religion
RLS 120 - Religion and Culture in the Middle East
RLS 497 - Problems in Religious Studies
RLS 498 - Problems in Religious Studies
CIV 101 - Western Civilization to 1600
Educational Background
B.A. 1995 Messiah College
M.A. 1997 Arizona State University
Ph.D. 2003 The Catholic University of America
Books
The Coptic Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit: Assimilation and Conversion to Islam in Thirteenth-Century Egypt (Brill, 2005)
Selected Articles
"The Coptic Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit: Assimilation and Restoration from Salah al-Din to the Writing of the Martyrdom: 1169-1211 (565-607 A.H.), " in Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Paris 2004, forthcoming.
"Egyptian Christians Implicating Chalcedonians in the Arab Takeover of Egypt: The Arabic Apocalypse of Samuel of Qalamun," Oriens Christianus (2003)