The Tradition of Islam

Catalog description

This course examines Islam as a world religion, with an emphasis on history and culture. Both basic tenets and texts will be examined along with ethnographic case studies. These ethnographic sources will cover the spread of Islam to Asia, Sufism, popular religious practices, Islam in North America, political Islam, the Taliban and the rise of ISIS. (Students will receive credit for only one of the following courses: AAS 3540; ANT 3540; REL 3540, or SOC 3540. These courses may substitute for each other in the F-replacement policy.)