Sachiko Murata

Sachiko Murata (村田幸子, born 1943) is a professor of religion and Asian studies at Stony Brook University. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow.

Life

She received her B.A. from Chiba University, Japan, and later attended Iran's University of Tehran, where she was the first woman to study fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). She received her PhD in Persian literature, but shortly before completing her PhD in fiqh, the Iranian Revolution caused her and her husband William Chittick to leave the country.

Murata resettled at SUNY Stony Brook in Stony Brook, New York, where she teaches Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.

Works

• Murata, Sachiko (23 March 1992). The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0914-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Murata, Sachiko (2000). Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light: Wang Tai-yu's Great Learning of the Pure and Real and Liu Chih's Displaying the Concealment of the Real Realm. With a New Translation of Jami's Lawa'ih from the Persian by William C. Chittick. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-4637-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Murata, Sachiko; Chittick, William (1994). The vision of Islam. Paragon House. ISBN 978-1-55778-516-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Murata, Sachiko (2015). Temporary Marriage in Islamic Law. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5191-4192-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Translated

• Murata, Sachiko (1985). イスラーム法理論序說. 岩波書店. ISBN 978-4-00-004656-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)