Overview
Description
Overview of anthropological research on Islam and Muslim cultures. Students are introduced to the diversity and complexity of Muslim cultures.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify and explain the importance of basic concepts, key terms, and historical events in the Islamic tradition.
- demonstrate familiarity with the diversity and complexity of Muslim cultures around the world.
- compare and analyze how Muslims in different cultural contexts relate to universal and local aspects of the Islamic tradition.
- describe how anthropologists have contributed to an understanding of Islam and Muslim cultures, and will know the key anthropologists working in this field.