THE QUR'AN: RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE & LITERATURE

ASIAN/RELIGST 444

The rise and development of mysticism in Islam; basic Sufi doctrines, values and practices; life and works of important speculative and popular Sufi saints; Sufi brotherhoods in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa.

LAW 785

Provides an understanding of the internal workings of Islamic law at its theoretical roots. Analyzes the various methodologies that are represented in Islamic legal literature, identify modern manifestations of these methodologies in contemporary Muslim discourses. Attention to the specific doctrinal areas of Islamic family law and criminal law. Contextualizes the subject of Islamic law within various governmental and constitutional structures, beginning with the classical period, continuing through colonialism and reaching into the present day.

RELIGST 101

Foundational and thematic approaches in the academic study of religion applied across global religious systems.

AFRICAN/ASIAN/RELIGST 370

The emergence and development of Islam; schism; theology; asceticism; speculative and popular mysticism; literatures in diverse Islamic languages. Not open to students with credit for LCA 370 prior to Fall 2019.

RELIGST 200

Topics in religious studies in the humanities at an introductory level.