REL 37500 - Islamic Thought

Organized as an exploration of intellectual history, this course is devoted to the critical examination of major themes, ideas, issues and domains of discourse in the Islamic tradition as reflected in the writings of important Muslim thinkers past and present.

Preparation for Course
P: Junior or senior class standing, or consent of instructor.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Learn the kind, type and nature of intellectual issues which have been of interest to Muslim intellectuals throughout the ages.
2. Gain appreciation of the place of Muslim thought within the broader intellectual history of humankind.
3. Think, speak, and write analytically about intellectual, philosophic, and dialectical discourse generally in a manner which attends to the scholarly norms and values informing such work in the contemporary western academy.
4. Foster an informed understanding of, and interpretive facility regarding, the ways in which religious discourse may be understood to operate within the context, multivariate systems of meaning in relation to the human experience in general.