TEHRAN -- American philosopher and university instructor Muhammad (Gary Carl) ‎Lagenhausen has deliver a lecture at the Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy in the city of ‎Qom. ‎
As well as Legenhausen, who is an instructor of Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, the event was attended by author Sadegh Haqiqat.
Brought up as a Catholic, Lagenhausen converted to Islam in 1983. He wrote a book entitled ‘Islam and Religious Pluralism’ in which he advocates “non-reductive religious pluralism”. He has been an advocate of interfaith dialogue, and serves on the advisory board of the Society for Religious Studies in Qom. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Rice University in 1983.
He taught philosophy of religion, ethics and epistemology at the Islamic Iranian Academy of Philosophy from 1990 until 1994. Since 1996, he has been studying Islam and teaching Western philosophy and Christianity at the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute in Iran. He is also a founding member of the advisory board of the Shia Studies Center in Qom, and serves on the scientific board of the Human Rights Center of Mofid University, Qom.