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REL 370.001
Survey of Islamic Traditions

Entrance to the main mosque in Delhi, India

Steven Ramey
E-mail: sramey@bama.ua.edu
Office: Manly 203
Office Hours: TBA
Phone:
348-4218
Class Time: MWF 11:00-11:50
Classroom: 210 Manly

About Online Readings

The online readings for this course are posted in the form of PDF files (Portable Document Format), stored on the Department's "secure" server, and are therefore not freely available on the Internet.

To open these files you must click on the links and, when prompted, enter your Bama ID and Password.

If you have forgotten your Bama ID, but know your Campus Wide ID (CWID), then please go here.

Those who need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 to open PDFs (a free software available on the web and which is already installed on all campus computers) can go here.

Note: larger PDFs can take a long time to download (due to a slow Internet connection) and a long time to print (depending on your printer). Some students may therefore wish to download these files in a computer lab on campus, and then either print them there or store them on a floppy disk or zip/junk drive (to read/print them later at home).



Description

As an upper-level, introductory survey of Islamic traditions, the course begins with an overview of early Islamic developments and then focuses on Islamic thought and practices, contextualized by the experiences of Muslims in particular locations around the globe.


2007 Spring Syllabus (PDF)

General Writing Guidelines (PDF)

Student Presentations (PDF)

Take-home Test (PDF)

Writing Assignment 1 (PDF)

Writing Assignment 2 (PDF)

Take Home Final Exam (PDF)


Books

Denny, Frederick M.,
Islam and the Muslim Community
ISBN: 9781577660071

Shirin with Azadeh Moaveni
Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
ISBN: 1400064708

Sells, Michael
Approaching the Quran (paperback w/CD)
ISBN: 1883991269


Readings

Shia and Sunni Perspectives (PDF)

Approaches to the Study of Conversion (PDF)

Decline and Colonial Domination (PDF)

What is the Koran (PDF)

Muharram Rituals (PDF)

The Five Pillars (PDF)

Pilgrimage (PDF)

Crossroads (PDF)

Islamic Law (PDF)

Sufi Poets (PDF)

Women's Celebration (PDF)

What is Sufism (PDF)

Searching for Hassan (PDF)

Talegani's Last Sermon (PDF)

Perfecting Women (PDF)