Religion 102 - Introduction to Islam
Fall
2017
01
4.00
Amina Steinfels
MW 01:15PM-02:30PM
Mount Holyoke College
100943
Clapp Laboratory 127
asteinfe@mtholyoke.edu
This course examines Islamic religious beliefs and practices from the origins of Islam to the present, focusing on such central issues as scripture and tradition, law and theology, sectarianism and mysticism. Attention will be given to the variety of Islamic understandings of monotheism, prophethood, dogma, ritual, and society.