James Norman Dalrymple Anderson
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James Norman Dalrymple Anderson was the head of the Department of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, London 1953-71; Professor of Oriental Laws, University of London 1954-75; Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in the University of London 1959-76. As well as being an expert on Islamic Law, Sir Norman Anderson was a prominent Christian scholar. He wrote a number of books, including:
- Islamic law in Africa, (1954)
- The Evidence for the Resurrection
- Christianity: the witness of history - a lawyer's approach, (1969)
- Christianity and comparative religion , (1970)
- Law reform in the Muslim world, (1976)
- Christianity and World Religions : the challenge of pluralism, (1984)
- An adopted son : the story of my life, (1985)
- Islam in the modern world : a Christian perspective, (1990)