Khalil Andani is a Tenured Associate Professor of Religion at Augustana College, the Co-Founder of Ismaili Gnosis and a Muslim Philosopher of Religion. He holds a Ph.D and two Masters Degrees in Islamic Studies from Harvard University (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations / Harvard Divinity School). 

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​Khalil's publicly accessible articles and videos on Islamic philosophy, history and practice are available on the Thinking Islam Blog as well as YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter.

Khalil's research areas include: Quranic Studies, Islamic intellectual history, Islamic theology and philosophy, Ismaili history and thought, and Sufism.

Khalil Andani's dissertation, “Revelation in Islam: Qur’anic, Sunni, and Shi‘i Ismaili Perspectives”, was awarded Best Ph.D. Dissertation of the Year by the Foundation for Iranian Studies in 2020. His first book, based on this dissertation, will be an analytical and historical investigation of Islamic theologies of revelation in the formative and classical periods of Islam, beginning with the Qur’an and extending through Qur’anic commentary (tafsir), Sunni and Shi‘i prophetic tradition (hadith), Sunni theology (kalam), and Shi‘i Ismaili philosophy. 

Khalil Andani's publications include articles in The Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, The Brill Journal of Sufi Studies, Religion Compass, The Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies, chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy,  Deconstructing Islamic Studies, and Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion, and two articles in Sacred Web.

Khalil Andani also holds a Master of Theological Studies (2014) and Master of Arts degrees (2020), specializing in Quranic studies, Islamic philosophy and Ismaili thought, from Harvard University.

Khalil Andani also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) having articled with KPMG Canada and completed Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) and Master of Accounting degrees at the University of Waterloo (2008).