Dr. Mahmoud BENRAS works at the Faculty of Theology, Giresun University, Turkey.
He received his degrees of Ph.D. from Istanbul University, Turkey (Theology) and from Ouargla University, Algeria (Criticism). He completed his BA and MA in the field of Arabic Literature at Ouargla University. Furthermore, He finished his second BA in the field of Fundamentals of Religion from Emir Abdelkader University, and his second MA in the field of Islamic Studies from Jinan University. He worked at Ouargla University between 2010-2017. He taught modern and contemporary Arabic philosophy and introduction to philosophy. In addition, he taught the introduction of Islamic sciences, and pre-Islamic literature at Ouargla Teachers High School. He is currently teaching various courses such as reading techniques, writing and dictation techniques, Arabic rhetoric, translation techniques, text analysis, media language, research methods in Arabic Language and Literature, and criticism. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Centre of Research in Islamic Sciences and Civilization (CRSIC) and the Scientific Council of the Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC). He is the field editor-in-Chief of Idrak Journal. He writes his studies in Arabic, Turkish and English, His main studies in Arabic are Foundation of Criticism in Maghreb, Literary Criticism of Ibn Rasheeq, Algeria and its Revolution in Turkish Literature (in press), Philosophy of Theology is the Source of Renewal, The movement of renew theology in Anatolia…His main studies in Turkish are Establishment of Imamate in Maghreb (in press), Ottomans in Algerian literature (in press) and Ibadi Sect and Idea of Screcy (Taqiyya), Ibadi Civil Administrative Organization: Azzâba, and Ibadhi political thought…