Daniel Pschaida

Lecturer of Religious Studies

Professor Pschaida’s research and teaching focus on questions of cosmopolitanism—becoming global citizens who in the American microcosm of our planet’s diversity come together across religious, racial, class, gender, and sexual lines...

Daniel Pschaida

Contact Information

  • Office Hours Fall 24

    Mondays, Wednesdays 11:00-12:25

    Tuesdays 11:30-12:35

  • (509) 313-3609

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside

M.A., Religious Studies, University of Iowa

B.S., Child Development, San Diego State University


Courses Taught

RELI 253: Islamic Civilization

RELI 254: American Christianities

RELI 357: Sufism: Islamic Mysticism

RELI 387: Meaning of Life


Professor Pschaida’s research and teaching focus on questions of cosmopolitanism—becoming global citizens who in the American microcosm of our planet’s diversity come together across religious, racial, class, gender, and sexual lines who learn with and from each other’s heritage, traditions, religions, and philosophies to create communities of deep friendships that solve problems and nurture human development. He explores these questions in contexts of religion in America, Islamic studies, and Bahá’í studies.
Peer-Reviewed Publications

“Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' ("³¢²¹·Éḥ-¾±-´¡²Ô³Ù²¹'±ô-°­&²¹²¹³¦³Ü³Ù±ð;´Ú&¾±²¹³¦³Ü³Ù±ð;") in Light of a Metaphysics of Unity,” The Journal of Bahá’í Studies, March 2022.

“Dealing with Religious Differences: Soteriological Perspectives and Interfaith Friendships of Young American Muslims,” The Muslim World, summer 2018.

Book Reviews

Elliott Bazzano and Marcia Hermansen, Varieties of American Sufism, Nova Religio, (2022), 26 (1): 127-130.

Alison Scott-Bauman, et al., Islam on Campus: Contested Identities and the Cultures of Higher Education in Britain (2020), Sociology of Religion (August 2021): 527-528.

Francesco Piraino and Mark Sedgwick, editors, Global Sufism: Boundaries, Structures, and Politics (2019), Nova Religio (2021) 24 (3): 145-147.

Adam Morris, American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation (2019), Nova Religio (2020) 23 (4): 127–129.
  • Religion in America
  • Islamic studies
  • Bahá’í studies
  • Methodologies of ethnography, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and ethics