12. Islam – the Way of Peace/Submission to God
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Islam: Third of the Abrahamic Major Perspectives
Readings
Textbook:
Read the following with these concerns in mind:
1. What is the overall social and perspectival backdrop for Islam? What was the early Muslims perspective? How do slavery and domination by foreign powers converge?
2. Who was the historical Muhammad and prophethood in this context? How does Islam relate to Judaism and Christianity?
3. What is the meaning of “Qur’an“? How did it emerge?
4. How does the understanding of God change with Islam?
5.What is the deeper meaning of jihad? What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
6. How does the “Oneness of God” play a special role in Islam?
7. What were the interactions between Christian Europe and the Islamic world like?
8. What is the nature of the split between Shi’a and Sunni? How does the Sufi tradition differ?
Short, optional definitional readings (wiki)
Lecture:
Islam: Liberation from Slavery and Empire, Prophecy and Struggle Powell, April 2008
Past student documentaries
The Influence of Buddhism upon Islamic Sufism by Hoffman
A Comparative Study of Judaisc and Islamic Conceptions of Hell by Anonymous
Islam and the War in Iraq by Anonymous
Understanding Jihad in Islam by Schmitt