Religion of Islam
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
Week 1: Introduction and Basics
WATCH: Lecture Video: “Introduction and Basics” parts 1-3
READ: Islam, pp. 16-20; pp. 59-77
READ: Introduction, pp. 3-7
Week 2: Life of the Prophet Muhammad 4
WATCH: Lecture Video “Life of the Prophet Muhammad” parts 1-3
READ: Islam, pp. 30-36
READ: Introduction, pp. 34-41
READ: Karen Armstrong, Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, pp. 41-75 (D2L)
Week 3: The Qur’an
WATCH: Lecture Video “The Qur’an” parts 1-4
READ: Introduction, pp. 41-49
READ: Daniel Madigan, “Themes and Topics,” in The Cambridge Companion to the Qur’an, ed.
Jane McAuliffe, 79-95 (D2L)
READ: “Theological and Ethical Verses: (D2L)
READ: “Family Law Verses” (D2L)
Week 4: The Qur’an and the Hadith
WATCH: Lecture Video, “The Hadith” parts 1-3
READ: Introduction, 51-54
READ: Scott Lucas, “Major Topics of the Hadith,” in Religion Compass (D2L)
Week 5: Islam and the Abrahamic Traditions
WATCH: “Islam and the Abrahamic Traditions” parts 1-3
READ: Qur’an: The Sura of Mary (Q. 19) and the Sura of the Prophets (Q. 21) (D2L)
READ: Zeki Saritoprak, Islam’s Jesus, pp. 1-21 (D2L)
Week 6: Muslims and their Neighbors
WATCH: “Muslims and Their Neighbors” parts 1-3
READ: Jonathan Lyons, The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western
Civilization, pp. 55-77 (D2L)
READ: Zachary Karabell, Peace be Upon You (D2L)
Week 7: Midterm
Week 8: Theology and Law
WATCH: Lecture Video, “Theology and Law” parts 1-3
READ: Introduction, 54-63
READ: “Creed of al-Iji” (D2L)
READ: Asma Afsaruddin, “What Sharia Law Means,” (link)
Week 9: Leadership and Authority
WATCH: Lecture Video, “Leadership and Authority” parts 1-3
READ: Introduction, pp. 82-102
Week 10: Philosophy and Spirituality
WATCH: Lecture Video, “Philosophy and Spirituality” parts 1-3
READ: Introduction, pp. 63-79
READ: “Al-Ghazali on Fighting the Ego” (D2L) 5
Week 11: Contemporary Global Umma
WATCH: Lecture Video, “Contemporary Global Umma” parts 1-3
READ: Introduction, pp. 112-119; 136-141; 204-215; 233-247
Week 12: Women and Islam
WATCH: Lecture Video, “Women and Islam” parts 1-3
READ: “Extraordinary Women from the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization (D2L)
READ: “Six Female Muslim Scholars Everyone Should Know About” (D2L)
READ: Lila Abu-Lughod, “Do Muslim Women Need Saving?” (D2L)
READ: Elizabeth Segrin, “The Rise of the Islamic Feminists” (D2L)
READ: Alainna Liloia, “Saudi Women” (D2L)
Week 13: History of Islam in America
WATCH: Lecture Video, “History of Islam in America” parts 1-3
READ: Denise Spellberg, “Jefferson, the Constitution and the Qur’an” (D2L)
READ: Elizabeth Williams, “A Brief History of Islam in America” (D2L)
READ: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Selections on D2L)
WATCH: Precinct and hajj scenes from “Malcolm X” (D2L)
Week 14: American Muslims Today
WATCH: Lecture Video, “American Muslims Today”
WATCH: “What It’s Like to Be Muslim in America” (D2L)
WATCH: “Millennial Muslims on Life in America” (D2L)
READ: “Muslim Americans Assert Solidarity with Black Lives Matter” (D2L)
READ: “Muslims in Arizona” (D2L)
Week 15: Promises and Challenges for Muslims in the 21st Century
WATCH: Lecture Video, “Promises and Challenges in the 21st Century” parts 1-3
READ: Introduction, pp. 286-307
READ: Jacqueline Oesterblad, “I Know a Lot of Radical Muslims” (D2L)
Week 16: Concluding Thoughts & Review
WATCH: “Concluding Thoughts and Review”
READ: Introduction, pp. 309-314