Shauket Sherali Vice President, Financial Advisor, Portfolio Manager, Financial Planning Specialist, Family Wealth Advisor.

SherAli has been teaching at F&M since 2012. He received his PhD in Religion/Islamic Studies at Duke University and his BA at Macalester College. His work centers on Muslim intellectual thought in modern South Asia with a focus on intra-Muslim debates and polemics on crucial questions of law, ethics, and theology. His book project “Contesting Muhammad in Modernity: Tradition, Reform, Innovation” that explores polemics over critical questions of law, theology, and politics among major Muslim scholars (' ulama') in modern South Asia is under contract with the University of South Carolina Press. He is also interested in the intersection of secularism and Muslim intellectual thought. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Law and Religion, Muslim World, Political Theology, and Islamic Studies. Cutting edge intermediate audio. His academic publications can be found at: His teaching menu includes courses such as RST 114 Islam, RST 275 Islam, Tradition, and Modernity, RST 370 Islamic Law and Ethics, RST 371 Sufism, RST 375 Islamic, Law, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Connections Courses Muslim America and Islam in North America.

SherAli also co-hosts the popular podcast newbooksinislamicstudies.com featuring interviews with authors of important new books in the broader field of Islamic Studies. Monograph: Contesting Muhammad in Modernity: Tradition, Reform, Innovation (Under Contract, University of South Carolina Press). Edited Book: Imagining the Public in Modern South Asia (with Barton Scott and Brannon Ingram), Routledge, 2016. Edited Journal Volumes: “The Deoband Madrasa.” Special Edition Muslim World, Blackwell Publishing, Volume 99, Number 3, (July 2009). “Imagining the Public in Modern South Asia” (with Barton Scott and Brannon Ingram) South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Taylor and Francis Publications, Volume 38, Number 3, (September 2015).

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: -“Normativity, Heresy, and the Politics of Authenticity in South Asian Islam.” Muslim World, Blackwell Publishing, Volume 99, Number 3, (July 2009), pp. Special Edition on “Deoband Madrasa.” Served as Guest Editor. -“Competing Political Theologies in Islam: Intra-Muslim Polemics on the Limits of Prophetic Intercession.” Political Theology, Equinox Publishing, Volume 12:3 (June 2011), pp. -“The Polemic of Shahjahanpur: Religion, History, and Miracles.” Islamic Studies Journal, Islamic Research Institute, Volume 51, Number 1, (July 2013), pp. -“The Hermeneutics of Reconciliation: Haji Imdadullah’s Faysala-yi Haft Mas’ala (A Resolution to the Seven Controversies).” Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal, University of Texas at Austin South Asia Institute, Volume 21, (May 2013), pp.1-16. -“The Perils and Possibilities of Inter-Religious Translation: Mirza Mazhar Jan-i Janan on the Hindus.” Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal, University of Texas at Austin South Asia Institute, Volume 21, (May 2014), pp.43-51.

-“Narratives of Emancipation in Modern Islam: Temporality, Hermeneutics, and Sovereignty.” Islamic Studies Journal, Islamic Research Institute, Volume 52, Number 1, (September 2015), pp.5-28. - “Contesting Friendship in Colonial Muslim India.” South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Taylor and Francis, Volume 38, Issue 3, (September 2015), pp. -“Revolutionary Hermeneutics: Translating the Qur’an as a Manifesto for Revolution.” Journal of Religious and Political Practice, Taylor and Francis, Volume 3, Numbers 1-2, (March 2017), 1-24. -“Translating the ‘Other’: Early Modern Muslim Understandings of Hinduism.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Cambridge University Press, Volume 27, Number 3 (July 2017), pp. Editor Reviewed Journal Articles: -“Islam, Democracy, and the Limits of Secular Conceptuality.” Journal of Law and Religion, Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, Volume 29, Number 1, (January 2014), pp.1-17. -“Debating Islam and Secularism in Pakistan.” Journal of Asian Studies, Cambridge University Press, Volume 76, Number 2 (May 2017), pp.