Hemmati Homayoun
Tehran University

Beheshti avenue, 1st west
Andisheh street, No. 36
Tehran, 15697 Iran

(21) 88-41-79-37
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Hemmati Homayoun is professor of comparative religion and mysticism at Tehran University. He got his BA and MA in Islamic philosophy and theology from Tehran University and his Ph.D in the field of comparative religion and mysticism. He has been engaging in teaching graduate and post graduate courses for more than 25 years inside and outside the country. He has participated in more than 50 international conferences, seminars and symposiums. He is well acquainted with English, Arabic,
German and some other languages. He has published more than 200 academic papers and about 100 presentations and interviews. His field of research is contemporary theology, western and Islamic philosophy, comparative religion and comparative mysticism. He has been active also in the area of inter-religious dialogue and dialogue of civilizations, and has received about 40 awards and acknowledgements.

Selected Publications :

Books in Persian :

- Physics, Philosophy and Theology, Published by Vatican observatory, reprinted 1995,1997, Editors: George V.Coyne, Stuger and William Russel with the message of Holy father the late John Paul II, Translated in Persian by Prof. Dr. Homayoun Hemmati, Published by Research Institute of Islamic culture and thought, August 2005, 716 p.
- The Religious Discourse in the Changing World, Hawzeh Honary, Tehran, Iran, July 2005, 220 p.
- An Introduction to Contemporary Theology, Entesharate Naghshe Jahaan, Tehran, 2002, 204 p.
- The Idea of the Holy (Das Heilige), by Rudolf Otto, Translated into English by John W. Harvey, Oxford University Press, London, 1957, Translated into Persian by Prof. Dr. Homayoun Hemmati, Entesharate Naghshe Jahaan, 2002, 315 p.
- The Understanding of the Science of Religion, Entesharate Naghshe Jahaan, Tehran, 2001, 240 p.
- An Introduction to Christianity, Selected and translated into Persian by Prof. Dr. Homayoun Hemmati, Tehran, Entesharate Naghshe Jahaan, 2001, 225 p.
- The Continuing Journey (Sayre Modam), Research Institute for Islamic culture and Art, Tehran, 2001, 276 p.

Books in English :

- A Treatise on Divine Sainthood, Nashre Saaghi, Tehran 2005, 120 p.
- The Mystical Philosophy of Ibn Arabi, Nashre Naamak, Tehran, 2004, 300 p.
- A Critical Approaches to the Traditional Philosophy, (A coll. of essays), ICAS, Jakarta, 2004, 200 p.
- Dialogue of Religions, Nashre Naamak, (A coll. of essays), 250 pages, Tehran, 2004, 250 p.
- Comparative Religion and Mysticism, Entesharate Avaye Noor, Tehran, 1999, 278 p.

Scientific Papers :

- The Relation of Religion and Civilization, Tehran, 2005, published by the center of Political studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Journal.
- Culture, Diversity and Identity, (Italy, Calabria), 2005, Carita Politica Institute Rome.
- The Impact of Globalization on Art, Tehran, Published in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art by the Center for studies on Art and Culture, Ministry of Islamic Culture and guidance.
- Religion and Globalization, (UNU and SIR conference on Dac. And Global Issues), 2002, published by the Center of Political Studies in special number of SIR.
- Islam as the basis of society, England, Birmingham university, 2002, the report and the text has been printed by Theology Department of Birmingham university.