Speakers
Dr. Craig Considine is an American Catholic of Irish and Italian descent. He was born and bred in Needham, Massachusetts and has studied in Washington DC, London and Dublin. As a sociologist Craig focuses on American Muslims, Islamophobia, Christian-Muslim relations, Prophet Muhammad, religious pluralism and civic nations. His forthcoming book Islam, Race and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora will be published by Routledge – Taylor and Francis Group in May 2017. One of Craig’s recent peer-reviewed journal articles, “Religious Pluralism and Civic Rights in a ‘Muslim Nation’: An Analysis of Prophet Muhammad’s Covenants with Christians,” has received a significant amount of notoriety in academic and media circles. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Rice University. Craig holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Trinity College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.