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Jul 01, 2025
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Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog
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AAS 571 - Islamic Thought in Asia
Islam is commonly considered a Middle-Eastern religion, but most of the Middle East lies within the Asian continent, and the vast majority of Muslims over the centuries have been non-Arabic speakers, living across south and central Asia into India, China, and Indonesia. We will survey the importance of Island as the todays¿ largest Asian religion (numerically speaking) and look at some of the distinctive features of its local variants. We will pay special attention to the manner in which teachings were presented in the languages besides Arabic that became Islam¿s vehicles, in particular Chines, which witnessed a remarkable synthesis of the Islamic and Confucian worldviews.
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
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