2018-2019 University Catalogue 
    
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2018-2019 University Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

RELG 214 - Introduction to the Qur’an


Designed to introduce the various ways in which the Qur’an has been received in history and continues to be received today. Students examine the theological, legal, literary, historical, mystical, and modern approaches to the Qur’an in an attempt to understand holistically various methods of exegesis and their ramifications. The class engages in the debates that have historically surrounded the Qur’an and explore methods of interpretation both classical and modern, especially those of fundamentalists, reformists, and feminists.

Credits: 1.00
Crosslisted: MIST 214  
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Liberal Arts CORE: None


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