Todd thompson biography
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Todd Thompson
Todd M. Thompson is Associate Professor of History at Torrey Honors College, Biola University. Before coming to Biola, Todd completed his Ph.D. studies at the University of Cambridge and spent four years teaching at an Arab university in the Middle East. He is interested in the global dimensions of intellectual history and his research focuses on the history of Christian-Muslim relations and the relationship between violence and religion.
Affiliations
- Colloquium on Violence and Religion
- Conference on Faith and History
- T. E. Lawrence Society
Publications
Books
- Sir Norman Anderson and the Christian Mission to Modernise Islam (New York and London: Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2018)
- “The Christian Critique of Orientalism and the Augustinian Tradition,” Near East School of Theology Theological Review, 38, 2 (2017), pp. 107-123.
- “The Amazigh in post-Revolution Libya: A Century of Struggle,” (co-authored with Youcef Bouandel) Middle East Minorities and the Arab Spring, ed. Tony Nasrallah and K. Scott Parker (Gorgias Press, 2017), pp. 45-78.
- “Conducting the Conversation: Insights from the Historical and Theological Contextualization of Edward Said's Orientalism,” Muslim World, Special Issue: New Conversati
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Fans have fallen in love with Giada De Laurentiis’ infectious personality that’s been lighting up television screens since her Food Network debut in 2003. The celebrity chef has led countless successful series and branched out into the world of being an author and entrepreneur. During her two decades in the spotlight, Giada was married once to ex-husband Todd Thompson.
Giada met Todd when she was 19, studying anthropology at UCLA after her family moved from Italy to the U.S. Eventually, she realized her passion for cooking and attended culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Todd was working as a fashion designer for Anthropologie at the time. The couple were married in 2003, just as Giada found fame with the premiere of Everyday Italian.
In March 2008, the Food Network star gave birth to the couple’s only child, Jade Thompson, at the age of 37. She and Todd did not initially plan on having kids, but can’t imagine their lives without their daughter.
“Todd and I talked about kids and decided we were OK not having them. But then Jade came along, and I was very afraid, and so was Todd,” the television personality told Redbook in January 2011. “What would happen to this life we had created, where we’d just take off for Santa Barbara for the weekend? But we ag
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Professional Work
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