SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

NOT YET UPDATED FOR SPRING 2010

(Dates and headings in italics indicate assignments have not yet been finalized.)
     
INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC THEOLOGY
    W 1/21

Introduction to the class

  Goldziher's Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law
    M 1/26

CLASS CANCELLED due to inclement weather. 

    W 1/28

CLASS CANCELLED again due to icy weather. 

    M 2/2 Muhammad and Theology
    W 2/4

Sufism and Sectarian movements

QUR'ANIC THEOLOGY
  The Qur'an
    M 2/9 God and how we know him
    W 2/11 Salvation and religious pluralism
ISLAMIC CREEDS
  Creeds
    M 2/16 Faith and works
  W 2/18 Predestination
    M 2/23 God's attributes
    W 2/25 Epistemology
   

Thursday 2/26 7:00 pm in OKC

Special lecture and discussion with Dr. Imad Enchassi, at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City.

CLASSICAL KALAM
 

Mu`tazilite kalam

    M 3/2 `Abd al-Jabbar
  Ash`arite kalam
    W 3/4 al-Juwayni on religious knowledge
    M 3/9 al-Juwayni on God
    W 3/11

al-Juwayni on God's speech

    SPRING BREAK 3/14-22
    M 3/23 al-Juwayni on predestination
    W 3/25 ESSAY DUE / Discussion of essays
ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY
  Ibn Sina
    M 3/30 God and predestination
    Monday 7:30 pm, OMU Heritage Room Islam Awareness Week event:  lecture about the Testimony of Faith and discussion with Muslim converts.  Organized by the Muslim Student Association.
    W 4/1 Prophecy, prayer, and the afterlife
Shiite thought:  try Mulla Sadra; invite Azhar Sheraze and/or an OUIS speaker.
ISLAMIC MYSTICISM
  al-Ghazali
    M 4/6 Religious knowledge
    W 4/8 Prophecy
  Shah-Kazemi
    M 4/13 God, the self, and religious others
    W 4/15 Religious pluralism
ISLAMIST THEOLOGY
  Sayyid Qutb
    M 4/20 The nature of theology
    W 4/22 The goal of theology
POSTMODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT
  Farid Esack
    M 4/27 Salvation
    W 4/29

Religious pluralism (Mr. Hashmi to visit)

CONCLUSIONS
    M 5/4 FINAL PAPER DUE / Discussion of papers
   

W 5/6

Concluding discussion and analysis of the class / preparation for final exam essay
If you have not already done so, please complete a class evaluation at http://eval.ou.edu by May 7.

M 5/11 4:30-6:30 pm FINAL EXAM
         
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