Jason (Hamza) van Boom writes and teaches in the San Francisco Bay area. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the history of Christianity at Graduate Theological Union and has recently taught Introduction to Christian History at Pacific School of Religion. He also does cultural programming for Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, where he hosts "Islam and Authors: Onstage Conversations on New Books" (www.iccnc.org). Jason blogs for Tikkun Daily and is a correspondent for ILLUME, an award-winning news magazine that chronicles the American Muslim experience. He received his M.A. in philosophy at Dominican School of Theology and Philosophy, studied Eastern Orthodox Christianity at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, and received his B.A. in liberal arts from Thomas Aquinas College. You can follow him on Twitter @hamzavanboom.

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