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{{Short description|Canadian historian (1950–2016)}}
'''Andrew Lawrence Rippin''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC}} (born 16 May 1950 in [[London]], [[England]]<ref>Elizabeth Lumley, ''Canadian Who's Who 2004'' (University of Toronto Press, 2004: ISBN 0-8020-8892-9), p. 1098.</ref>) is a Canadian scholar of [[Islam]].
'''Andrew Lawrence Rippin''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC}} (16 May 1950 in [[London]], [[England]] – 29 November 2016)<ref>Elizabeth Lumley, ''Canadian Who's Who 2004'' (University of Toronto Press, 2004: {{ISBN|0-8020-8892-9}}), p. 1098.</ref> was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] scholar of [[Islamic studies]] and [[Quranic studies]].
==Biography==
Rippin was Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of [[Humanities]] at the [[University of Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. Major academic fields of Andrew Rippin were the history of the formative period of [[Islam]] and the interpretation of the [[Quran|Qurʾān]] in the classical period of Islam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.uvic.ca/~arippin/rippincv.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=2018-10-30|archive-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214224431/http://web.uvic.ca/~arippin/rippincv.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the author of many works on [[Qur'anic Studies]] as well as the widely respected ''Muslims - Their Religious Beliefs and Practices'', now in its fourth edition (2012). In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]. Some of the works of Andrew Rippin are related with the [[History of research in Ibadi studies|research on Ibadism]].<ref>Custers, Martin H. (2016). Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography, Volume 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. p. 577. {{ISBN|978-3-487-15354-4}}.</ref>


He died on 29 November 2016 in [[Victoria, British Columbia]] at the age of 66.<ref>[https://iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/ripar/ RIP Andrew Rippin (1950-2016)]</ref><ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/42BA8C1B1E66A18400D5B2018354B58D/S2151348117000234a.pdf/div-class-title-andrew-rippin-1950-2016-div.pdf In Memoriam Andrew Rippin (1950-2016) Cambridge University Press (PDF)]</ref>
Rippin is a former Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of [[Humanities]] at the [[University of Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. He is the author of many works on the [[Qur'an]] and its interpretation, as well as the widely respected ''Muslims - Their Religious Beliefs and Practices'', now in its fourth edition (2012). In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]].


==See also==
== Works ==
* Andrew Rippin, Jan Knappert (eds.), ''Textual Sources for the Study of Islam'', Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble, 1987.
*[[List of Islamic scholars]]
* Andrew Rippin (ed.), ''Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur'an'', Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1988.
* Andrew Rippin, ''Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices'', New York : Routledge, 1990.
* Andrew Rippin (ed.), ''The Qur'an: Formative Interpretation'', Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999.
* Andrew Rippin (ed.), ''The Qur'an, Style and Contents'', Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
* Andrew Rippin, ''The Qur'an and its Interpretative Tradition'', (Variorum Collected Studies), Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, VT: Ashgate/Variorum, 2001.
* Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin (eds.), ''Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature'', New York : Routledge, 2003.
* Andrew Rippin, ''Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices''. 2005.
* Andrew Rippin (ed.), ''Defining Islam: A Reader'', London; Oakville, CT: Equinox, 2007.
* Andrew Rippin (ed.), ''The Islamic world'', New York: Routledge, 2010.
* Andrew Rippin, Jawid Mojaddedi (eds.), ''The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an'', Chichester, W. Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.rippin.ca/ Home page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208142714/http://rippin.ca/ Home page]
*http://web.uvic.ca/~arippin/rippincv.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214224431/http://web.uvic.ca/~arippin/rippincv.pdf |date=2019-02-14 }}


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Latest revision as of 18:10, 24 September 2024

Andrew Lawrence Rippin, FRSC (16 May 1950 in London, England – 29 November 2016)[1] was a Canadian scholar of Islamic studies and Quranic studies.

Biography

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Rippin was Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Major academic fields of Andrew Rippin were the history of the formative period of Islam and the interpretation of the Qurʾān in the classical period of Islam.[2] He was the author of many works on Qur'anic Studies as well as the widely respected Muslims - Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, now in its fourth edition (2012). In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Some of the works of Andrew Rippin are related with the research on Ibadism.[3]

He died on 29 November 2016 in Victoria, British Columbia at the age of 66.[4][5]

Works

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  • Andrew Rippin, Jan Knappert (eds.), Textual Sources for the Study of Islam, Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble, 1987.
  • Andrew Rippin (ed.), Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur'an, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1988.
  • Andrew Rippin, Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, New York : Routledge, 1990.
  • Andrew Rippin (ed.), The Qur'an: Formative Interpretation, Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999.
  • Andrew Rippin (ed.), The Qur'an, Style and Contents, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
  • Andrew Rippin, The Qur'an and its Interpretative Tradition, (Variorum Collected Studies), Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, VT: Ashgate/Variorum, 2001.
  • Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin (eds.), Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature, New York : Routledge, 2003.
  • Andrew Rippin, Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. 2005.
  • Andrew Rippin (ed.), Defining Islam: A Reader, London; Oakville, CT: Equinox, 2007.
  • Andrew Rippin (ed.), The Islamic world, New York: Routledge, 2010.
  • Andrew Rippin, Jawid Mojaddedi (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an, Chichester, W. Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.

References

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  1. ^ Elizabeth Lumley, Canadian Who's Who 2004 (University of Toronto Press, 2004: ISBN 0-8020-8892-9), p. 1098.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2018-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Custers, Martin H. (2016). Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography, Volume 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. p. 577. ISBN 978-3-487-15354-4.
  4. ^ RIP Andrew Rippin (1950-2016)
  5. ^ In Memoriam Andrew Rippin (1950-2016) Cambridge University Press (PDF)
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