Teaching Islam / edited by Brannon M. Wheeler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What can't be left out : the essentials of teaching Islam as a religion / Brannon M. Wheeler -- On the "introduction to Islam" / A. Kevin Reinhart -- Recent critical scholarship and the teaching of Islam / Keith Lewinstein -- Islamicate civilization: the view from Asia / Bruce B. Lawrence -- Essential shari'ah : teaching Islamic law in the religious studies classroom / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- Disparity and context : teaching Quranic studies in North America / Jane Dammen McAuliffe -- Between orientalism and fundamentalism : probematizing the teaching of Sufism / Carl W. Ernst -- Engendering and experience: teaching a course on women in Islam / Zayn Kassam -- Wedding of Zein : Islam through a modern novel / Michael A. Sells -- Teaching about Muslims in America / Marica K. Hermansen -- Incorporating information technology into courses on Islamic civilization / Corinne Blake -- Teaching religion in the twenty-first century / Tazim R. Kassam.

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Despite the importance of Islam in global affairs and the role of Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, little attention has been given to the basic questions of how Islam should be taught. This volume brings together a number of leading scholars of Islamic Studies with rich experience in teaching Islam in a diversity of undergraduate settings, from large public universities to small private colleges. Topics addressed include Islamic law, the Quran, Sufism, women in Islam, Islam in America, and teaching about Islam through Arabic literature and the use of new information technology. Along with.

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