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Biography
Milad Milani is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Western Sydney University and a School-based Member of the Institute for Culture and Society. He leads the Religion Research Initiative in the School of Arts and is co-founder of the Sufi Studies Network (Monash University). He serves on the editorial board of Sophia, is editor of the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, and is Past President of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion (2023–2025). He is internationally recognised for his contributions to the study of religion. Selected publications include The Nature of Sufism and Heidegger, Ontology, and the Destiny of Islam, which examine the philosophical, mystical, and historical dimensions of Islamic thought.
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Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts
Research keywords
- Religious Studies
- Religion
- Spirituality
- Mysticism
- Islam
- Sufism
- History
- Philosophy
- Modernity
- Civilisation
- World History
- World Politics
- Political Culture
- Method and Theory
- Sufism and Christianity
- Islam and Christianity
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A Sufi Controversy: The Arberry- Zaehner Polemic about Bāyazīd’s Hindu Influence
Milani, M., 30 Apr 2026, In: Bulletin for the Study of Religion. 54, 1–2, p. 33–39Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heidegger, Hermeneutics, and the Interpretation of Islam: Reading the Islamic Past and Present Through Pivotal Muslim Thinkers
Milani, M. & Salontai, Z., 2026, Coresource 4. Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 1-260 260 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Mystical knowledge and the limits of reason: a comparative study of al-Ghazālī and Gregory Palamas
Milani, M. & Salontai, Z., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print (In Press)) In: Sophia. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thinking religion in place
Hancock, R., Milani, M. & Newheiser, D., 17 Feb 2026, In: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 38, 3, p. 219-224 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of website content published by two Sufism orders in Sydney, Australia
Milani, M. & Possamai, A., Western Sydney University, 1 Nov 2013
https://research-data.westernsydney.edu.au/published/303608e0519411ecb15399911543e199
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Mystical Knowledge and the Limits of Reason: al-Ghazali and Gregory Palamas
Milani, M. (Speaker)
18 Sept 2025Activity: Talk/Presentation › Invited talk
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A Comparison of Sufi and Buddhist Religious Experience
Milani, M. (Speaker)
17 Sept 2025Activity: Talk/Presentation › Guest lecture
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Sophia: international journal of philosophy and traditions (Journal)
Milani, M. (Editor)
29 May 2025 → …Activity: Peer-review and Editorial Work › Editorial work
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Procedure without Justice: Iran and the Quiet Failure of Global Responsibility
8/02/26
1 Media contribution
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Regulating Islamic education can strengthen trust and authority, if religious scholars lead the way
3/02/26
1 Media contribution
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Prizes
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Early Career Research Fellowship (Researcher Development Initiative) ($20,000)
Milani, M. (Recipient), 2016
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Honours - First Class, Religious Studies (The University of Sydney)
Milani, M. (Recipient), 5 Mar 2004
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