A 2020 course by Peter Gottschalk at Weslyan University “endeavors . . .To understand the dynamics of specific Islamic movements;. . . To appreciate the diversity among Muslims and their socio-political contexts; and. . . To critically explore and question the meaning of ‘modernity’ and consider the possibility of multiple modernities.”
A 2005 course by Rudra Vilius Dundzila at City Colleges of Chicago is an “interdisciplinary survey of significant intellectual and artistic achievements of non-Western cultures through selected works of literature, philosophy, visual art, music and other performing arts.”
A 2011 course by Aisha Musa at Florida International University introduces “students to the history, interpretation and translation of the Quran, through a close examination of passages relating to issues of gender and jihad from a variety of English translations.”
A 2013 course by Josie Hendrickson at the University of Albera “explores theories of pilgrimage and ritual, Islamic law, Muslim and non-Muslim travellers’ accounts, and the history as well as economic , artistic, political, social, and religious dimensions of the hajj.”
A 2005 course by Ahmed Afzaal at Connecticut College attends to “those specifically religious beliefs, rituals, ethical precepts, and spiritual practices that are believed to have been originated with the Prophet Muhammad himself, or that originated and/or developed among the subsequent generations of his followers, before gaining wide acceptance among Muslims.”
A course by Michael Sells at Haverford College on Arabic literature with special attention “to the relationship of the Qur’an to Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, Arabo-Islamic music, and other forms of Islamic culture.”
A 2012 course by Ahmed Abdel Meguid at Syracuse University “is an in-depth study of the main epistemological systems and theories of hermeneutics that were developed in the Islamic intellectual tradition.”
A 2005 course by Roxanne Marcotte at the University of Queensland examines “Islam during the 19th and 20th centuries through the works of Muslim writers and their responses to the ever-changing contemporary world.”
A 2002 course by Daniel Varisco at Hofstra University surveys “the origins and early history of the Islamic faith, with an emphasis on the role of Muhammad as Prophet and the revelation of the Quran.”
A 2007 course by Chad Bauman at Butler University provides a “basic introduction to the scriptures, history, thought, practice, and diverse expressions of the Islamic tradition.”
