RELS 3712 is also offered in Fall 2022
RELS 3712 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2019 | RELS 3712 Section 001: Islam: Religion and Culture (21021)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
HIST 3493 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 28
- Enrollment Status:
Open (10 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is a brief survey of the religion and civilization of Islam. It introduces students to 1) Islamic history from its inception in the seventh century CE to the present, with emphasis on the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the early Caliphate; 2) The authoritative texts of Islam, i.e. the Quran and Prophetic traditions (Hadith); 3) The institutions and discourses characteristic of Islamic civilization; and 4) The transformation of Muslim life and thought in the modern period. By taking this course, students become familiar with the chief ideas, characters, narratives, rites, localities, and movements associated with Islam. prereq: Soph or jr or sr
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?RELS3712+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- The purpose of this course is to introduce the theology and civilization of Islam in its Arabic legacy. In the centuries of its growth and development, Islam incorporated numerous cultures, languages, and ethnicities, at the same time that it inspired different literatures, artistic expressions, and religious views. In focusing on the Arabic legacy, the course will address the formative beginnings of the Islamic Empires in their Umayyad (both Eastern and Western/Andalusian) as well as Abbasid histories. There is no serious understanding of Islam without a serious understanding of its formative text and traditions. And so a good amount of time will be spent reading the Qur?an and selections from the Hadith (sayings and actions of the prophet) and the Sira (biography). We then shall shift gear from theology to culture and history, examining other primary sources that represent the vast compendium of literature, art, and imagination of the Arabic tradition. I will ask you to view two films on your own and in all our study of the material, we shall see if there are links to modern times, and how millennium-old events and texts may help us understand the complexity of today's changes
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21021/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2010
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