REL 16.02 Modern Islam
In all the attention focused on Islam at present, a newspaper reader could be forgiven for supposing that between Muhammad and Usamah bin Laden, there has been no change in Islam. This course surveys developments in Islamic religious history, thought, and practice since 1800, with special emphasis on topics of current controversy, including the status of women, the nature of government, and the place of Islamic law. Readings will be mostly from primary texts written by contemporary Muslims, both modernists and Islamists.
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Not open to students who have received credit for REL 16.
Instructor
Reinhart
Cross Listed Courses
AMES 015 MES 17.09 REL 016