wfn.org | Ingrid Mattson, Professor of Islamic Studies, to speak at RCCongress 2010

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> Ingrid Mattson
Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, Director 
of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary, and ISNA President
> RCCongress 2010:
> Plenary Speaker on Faith Movements
Dr. Ingrid Mattson is Director of Islamic Chaplaincy and Professor at 
the Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim 
Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, CT.
Dr. Mattson earned her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University 
of Chicago in 1999. Her research focuses on Islamic law and society 
with her publications including studies on slavery, poverty and 
Islamic legal theory.
Dr. Mattson was born in Canada, where she studied Philosophy at the 
University of Waterloo, Ontario (B.A. '87). From 1987-1988 she lived 
in Pakistan where she worked with Afghan refugee women. In 2001 she 
was elected Vice President of ISNA and in 2006 she was elected 
President of the organization. Dr. Mattson is the first convert to 
Islam and the first female to lead the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).
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