Education: MA, Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; PhD, University of Lancaster

Career: David Thomas is Reader in Christianity and Islam in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham. His main interests areas are Islamic theology and philosophy, the history and theology of Christian-Muslim relations, Islam and culture, and textual studies in Arabic. He is currently working on Christian Doctrine in Islamic Theology and The Encyclopaedia of the Bible and its Reception (as editor for entries on Islam), Part 1 of Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. David Thomas is co-editor of the journal Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (see url below).

Publications include: Early Muslim Anti-Christian Polemic: Abu ‘Isa al-Warraq’s ‘Against the Incarnation’ 2002, A Faithful Presence: Essays for Kenneth Cragg (co-editor) 2003, Christians at the Heart of Islamic Rule: Church Life and Scholarship in ‘Abbasid Iraq (editor) 2003, Muslim-Christian Polemic During the Crusades, the Letter from the People of Cyprus and Ibn Abi Talib’s Response (co-editor; The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 2) 2005; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, England; Tel: +44 (0)121 415-8373; Fax: +44 (0)121 414-4381; Email: d.r.thomas.1@bham.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.theology.bham.ac.uk/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09596410.asp/ .