ISLAM

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the study of Islam as an everyday lived religion. It uses interdisciplinary approaches to understand Muslim beliefs, traditions, and institutional practices. Students will develop skills in analyzing Islamic texts and material culture. Students will also have an opportunity to explore the religious identities of racial and ethnic minority Muslims within the United States to broaden the understanding of Islamic diversity and to correct historically misunderstood concepts about the religion.(HA, HA-G)