ICSP7855 · Islamic Civilization & Societies
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
A graduate-level in-depth overview of historically grounded modern and contemporary Islamic theological and legal thinking in both majority and minority contexts throughout the Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, with attention to: debates about the impact of colonialism, the Western Enlightenment, and the politics of resistance; political ideologies including secularism, nationalism, socialism/Marxism, democracy, authoritarianism, various forms of political Islam and the "Islamic" state, theologies of liberation, Salafism, and violence and extremism; Islamic law and justice; women, gender and sexuality; religious pluralism; science and medicine; and ethics and the environment.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.9 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.8 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.9 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.9 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~6
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2024
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 section