The Islamic Cultural Studies Project
Introduction to Islam and Muslim Societies: A Cultural Studies Approach
General Introduction
Introductory Workshop (Ali Asani and Diane L. Moore)
Preliminary Readings:
- Ruthven and Nanji: Historical Atlas 6-13.
- Nanji, Azim: "Islam" in Richard Bush, ed. The Religious World: Communities of Faith, New York: Macmillan Press, 1994, 361-412. Alternative download in five parts: Nanji 1, Nanji 2, Nanji 3, Nanji 4, Nanji 5.
- Ernst, Carl: Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003, 2-11; 28-36.
- Shirin Ebadi: speech at 2003 Nobel ceremony and Nobel biography
Recommended:
Schimmel, Annemarie. Islam: An Introduction. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.
Workshop Outline: TBA