Leonard N. (Len) Bartlotti is an Associate Professor of the School of Intercultural Studies. Dr. Bartlotti is a specialist in Islamic Studies and the anthropology of Muslim societies. He joined the School of Intercultural Studies at Biola in 2006 to teach in the Undergraduate Department and provide leadership for Biola's emerging program in the study of Islamic cultures. Dr. Bartlotti also serves as a consultant to faith-based organizations engaged in humanitarian work in Afghanistan and Central Asia. He is a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the IAM, a Kabul-based association of 30 international Christian organizations serving the Afghan people through training and capacity building, and is a Board member, founder and former executive director of the InterLit Foundation Publishers and Educational Consultants (Peshawar, Pakistan). Dr. Bartlotti worked and lived with his family in the frontier city of Peshawar, Pakistan for 14 years (1985-1999), and is noted for his research on the culture and folklore of the 27 million Pashtun people--the largest Muslim tribal society in the world. After receiving his doctorate in 2000 at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies/University of Wales, based on his research into Islam and honor in Pashto proverbs and culture, Dr. Bartlotti was Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Senior Research Tutor at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Research, Oxford, England. He and his wife Debi, a nurse midwife, have three adult children and two grandchildren.

• Ph.D., University of Wales
• Diploma, Area Study Centre (Central Asia), Peshawar University
• M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Affiliations

AFS
ASM
ISFM
EMS

Publications

Books

• Rohi Mataluna: Pashto Proverbs Leonard N. Bartlotti and Raj Wali Shah Khattak. (Eds.) Revised and Expanded Edition of the original work translated by Mohammad Nawaz Tair and T.C. Edwards. Eugene, OR: RESOURCE Publications, 2009.

• Rohi Mataluna (Pashto Proverbs) Leonard N. Bartlotti and Rajwali Shah Khattak (Eds.) Revised and Expanded Edition of the original work translated by Mohammad Nawaz Tair and T.C. Edwards. Peshawar, Pakistan: Pashto Academy/InterLit Foundation (Forthcoming)

Chapters and Articles

• “The Gospel in Afghan Pashto Poetry, Proverbs and Folklore.” In David Emmanuel Singh. (Eds.), Jesus and the Cross: Reflections of Christians from Islamic Contexts. Oxford: Regnum, 2008, pp. 67-83.

• “Islam, Relationship to.” in Stanley M. Burgess (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Religion and Society Series, Vol.7. New York: Routledge. 2006.

• “Modern Pashto Written Literature” In Philip G. Kreyenbroek (Ed.), History of Persian Literature: Companion Volume II: Persian Popular Literature; Literatures in Modern Iranian Languages other than Persian. New York: Persian Heritage Foundation. (Forthcoming).

• “Development in Islamic Contexts: Christian NGOs and Best Practice under the Taliban.” Transformation Vol.19, No.2, April 2002: pp.107-117.

• “Globalization and Theological Education. ” Special Issue. Guest Editor. Transformation Vol.18, No.2, April 2001.

• “Open Access in Closed Societies: Theological Education in Muslim Contexts.” Transformation Vol. 18, No.2, 2001: pp.99-113.

Source: http://cook.biola.edu/grad/faculty/leonard_bartlotti/