RELIGIOUS STUDIES 248 - Islamic Ethics and Politics

Institution:

Hobart William Smith Colleges

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The course explores the ethics and politics of Islam and its theoretical and practical implication in the historical and contemporary contexts. Among the questions addressed in the course are whether Islam's perennial message is ethical or political and/or a combination of both What forms of Islam wouldit be if Islam is ethics without politics or, vice versa, is it politics withoit ethics What are the major components of ethics and politics in Islam How to live a moral and political life in the contemporary world. Is Islam compatible with moderity What forms of ethical and political manifestations of Islam would that entail The course will begin with the explorations of the foundations of ethics and politics in the Qur'an and the hadith. It will then survey the legal, mystical, theological and philosophical debates and theories of what constitutes the ethical and political thought and behavior in the Islamic intellectual traditions. Special attention will be given to such Islamism, civil society and human rights, feminism and democracy. (Anwar, offered alternate years)

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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