Joshua Ralston | Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations

Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh

Joshua Ralston is Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, where he also serves as director and co-founder of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. He has published widely on Reformed theology, Christian theological engagements with Islam, Arab Christianity, and political theology. His monograph Law and the Rule of God: A Christian Engagement with Shari’a was published by Cambridge University Press. Prior to his appointment in Scotland, Ralston was Assistant Professor of Theology at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He earned his BA in philosophy from Wake Forest University, an MTh in World Christianity from the University of Edinburgh, an MDiv from Candler School of Theology, and completed doctoral studies in Christian theology and Islamic thought at Emory University.