Mark Durie (born 1958) is an Australian Anglican priest and a scholar in linguistics and theology.
He is the founding director of the Institute for Spiritual Awareness, a Fellow at the Middle East Forum, and a senior research fellow of the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at the Melbourne School of Theology.
[5] He holds a BTh (Hons), and DipTh from the Australian College of Theology and in 2016 completed a Th.D.
[6] Durie has published articles and books on the Acehnese language of Aceh, Indonesia, linguistics, the genesis of the Quran and interfaith relations.
[10] His 2013 book Liberty to the Captives: Freedom from Islam and Dhimmitude through the Cross has been said to provide "tools for Christians (particularly those living under the dominance of Islam) to adopt a biblical understanding of the cross in order to set them free from the influence of Islam",[11] while his 2018 book The Qur'an and its Biblical Reflexes: Investigations into the Genesis of a Religion has been described as "a highly original work and a substantial contribution to the field of Qurʾānic Studies".