Class-by-Class Syllabus (subject to change per class announcement)

As the readings are often complex and detailed, we may not get to discuss all of them in class meetings. Nevertheless, you should carefully read all the assigned materials, and you will be held accountable for all of the information in those assigned materials.

(all chapter readings in Rippin, Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices unless noted; Qur’an references are to chapters and verses)

Note: There are excellent glossary and "further reading" sections in the back of Rippin’s text.

T, 11/18: **Christianity Exam

Islam: History
Th, 11/20: Chapter 1, "Prehistory"
    Chapter 2, "The Qur’an"
    Also read the Qur’an 1, 96, 7, 20
   **Christianity Essay Due (upload to turnitin.com by noon)

T, 11/25: Chapter 3, "Muhammad"
    Chapter 4, "Political Action and Theory"
Th, 11/27: No Classes: Thanksgiving

Islam: Doctrine
T, 12/2: Chapter 5, "Theological Expression"
    Chapter 6, "Legal Developments"
    Chapter 8, "The Shi’a"
Th, 12/4: Chapter 16, "Feminism’s Islam"
    Also read the Qur’an 2:222-242, 4:1-59, 4:127-134, 24:1-26, 33:1-55
    Chapter 10, "Intellectual Culture"
    Chapter 11, "Medieval Visions of Islam"

Islam: Ritual
T, 12/9: Chapter 7, "Ritual Practice"
    Chapter 15, "Issues of Identity"
   **Longer Paper Due
Th, 12/11: Chapter 12, "Describing Modernity"
    Chapter 14, "The Qur’an and Modernity"
    Chapter 17, "Visions of Islam in the Twenty-first Century and Beyond"