Hum 399
Non-Western Religions
Spring 2002
Professor Salomon
Islam

All readings in John Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path (E) and The Koran (K) (Koran references are to chapter numbers and sometimes verses within chapters)–please read carefully

Rise of Islam and the Koran
T, 4/16: E, 1-31, 88-93
    K, 1, 96, 7, 20

Hadith and the Caliphate
Th, 4/18: E, 35-41, 50-74

Islamic Law and Women in Islam
T, 4/23: E, 74-88, 93-100
    K, 2:222-242, 4:1-59, 4:127-134, 24:1-26, 33:1-55

Shi’ism
Th, 4/25: E, 43-50, 109-114

Sufism and Contemporary Islam
T, 4/30: E, 100-109, 125-148
    **Longer Papers Due

Muslim Fundamentalism and Islam in the Western World
Th, 5/2: E, 179-186, 158-175, 203-223
    Last Day of Class
    **Islam Papers Due

If you wish to have either your longer paper, your Islam paper, or your semester grade, mailed to you, you must give me a self-addressed, stamped envelope (with enough postage) at the Final Exam; please note somewhere what you would like returned.

If you wish to have your grades e-mailed to you, clearly print your e-mail address on the front of your Final Exam blue book.

Papers will be held in my office until late September; you may pick them up at any time after May 13. After late September, all papers will be discarded.