Frederick Denny

· Professor of Religious Studies

University of Colorado Boulder · Religious Studies

Active 1973–2023

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Frederick Denny (1939 - 2025) was a Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he served on the faculty from 1978 to 2005. He held a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and was an expert in Islamic studies and the history of religions. Denny was the editor of the scholarly book series 'Studies in Comparative Religion' published by the University of South Carolina Press, which has approximately 35 titles. He authored the widely used college textbook 'An Introduction to Islam' (4th edition, 2010) and contributed numerous scholarly articles on Islamic and religious studies topics. His research interests included Islam and Muslims in the contemporary world, religion and ecology, comparative ritual, Qur'anic recitation, and Muslim communities in Egypt, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, and North America. His final research focused on Islam and human rights, religion and ecology, religion-focused cartography, and Unitarian Universalist history and thought. Denny held prior faculty positions at Colby-Sawyer College, Yale University, and the University of Virginia, and served on the national boards of Theta Alpha Kappa and the American Academy of Religion. Throughout his career, he contributed extensively to the field through editing, authorship, and service on editorial boards of scholarly journals.