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James D. Frankel, a native New Yorker, holds a Bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies and postgraduate degrees in Religion from Columbia University. His expertise is in the history of Islam in China, and his scholarly interests emphasize the comparative history of ideas and religious and cultural syncretism. His doctoral dissertation is on the subject of Chinese Islamic scholarship and literature of the early Qing (1644-1911) period, specifically the writings of the Chinese Muslim literatus Liu Zhi (ca. 1660 - ca. 1730). Expounding on the same topic, Dr. Frankel's forthcoming first book, Borrowing From Confucius to Obey Muhammad: Islamic Ritual Law and Theology in Chinese, is currently being prepared for publication by University of Washington Press. Dr. Frankel has taught courses in comparative religion and literature at Columbia University and, before joining the faculty at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, taught courses on Islam, comparative religion and mysticism at Hunter College, City University of New York. He has lived in China and has traveled extensively in Asia and Europe, where he has met with scholars and religious leaders of Muslim minority communities.