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RELG 100 The Qur’an as Literature 6 credits
The Qur'an is best known as the sacred text of Islam, but it is also one of the most widely read, dynamic, and influential texts in human history. It is not every text that can compel people to regard it as divine revelation. In fact, Muslims consider the Qur'an's literary composition a miracle. This course explores the literary style and structure of the Qur'an through close reading of its English translation. It also introduces students to the history of the Qur'an and its significance in Muslims' everyday lives. No background knowledge is assumed; nor is this an introduction to Islam.
Held for new first year students
- Fall 2024
- AI/WR1, Argument & Inquiry/WR1
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RELG 278 Love of God in Islam 6 credits
As the chosen messenger of God's final revelation, Muslims consider Muhammad to be God's beloved par excellence. He is believed to have not only received God's words but to have also experienced the divine. For Muhammad's followers, love has been a central means of attaining experiential knowledge of God. The Islamic tradition, particularly in the form of Sufism, developed a highly sophisticated literature for understanding God through love. This course will trace and analyze the historical development of this literature and the practices associated with it from the Qur'an (600s) to Rumi (1200s).
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RELG 278.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty: Kambiz GhaneaBassiri 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLibrary 344 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLibrary 344 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RELG 329 Modernity and Tradition 6 credits
This seminar explores the nature of religious traditions and their role in the modern world. If traditions change over time and are marked by diversity and debate, what holds them together, and who decides? If modernity is associated with a process of secularization, what status do religious actors have in the public sphere? As we engage contested definitions and assessments of modernity and secularism, we explore how traditions and societies wrestle with difference, pluralism, and truth. Case studies examine the role of ritual and practice in negotiating identity, as well as questions of ethics, law, gender, and politics.
12 seats held for Religion majors and minors until the day after junior priority registration
- Fall 2024
- HI, Humanistic Inquiry WR2, Writing Rich 2
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RELG 329.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty: Lori Pearson 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WLeighton 303 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 303 9:40am-10:40am