Hoffman, Valerie J. (Valerie Jon), 1954- (Personal Name)

Sufism, mystics, and saints in modern Egypt, c1995: CIP t.p. (Valerie J. Hoffman) data sheet (Valerie Jon Hoffman; b. 4-27-54)

nuc90-24722: Her The religious life of Muslim women in contemporary Egypt, 1986 (hdg. on ICU rept.: Hoffman-Ladd, Valerie J., 1954- ; usage: Valerie J. Hoffman-Ladd)

LC data base, 7-9-90 (MLC hdg.: Hoffman-Ladd, Valerie J., 1954- )

Ibadi theology, 2015: page 245 (Valerie J. Hoffman) pages 327-328 (Valerie Hoffman; associate professor of religion, University of Illinois; Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic studies, University of Chicago, 1986; she has served on the Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, and on editorial boards of the International Journal of Middle East Studies and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion; author of Sufism, Mystics and Saints in Modern Egypt (1995) and The essentials of Ibādī Islam (2012); her current research is on Islamic scholarship in Oman and the Swahili coast since 1750)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Religion, web page viewed Aug. 4, 2016 (Valerie J. Hoffman; specialist in Islamic thought and practice; fieldwork in Egypt 1980-81 and 1987-89; studied Swahili and spent two summers in Zanzibar; spent 2000-2001 academic year in Oman and the Hadramawt [Yemen])