This class aims at providing students with an introductory overview
of the basic tenets and social institutions of Islam by focusing on
how it has been practiced and understood as a religious and ethical
tradition by Muslims over time. The course will begin with the life
of the Prophet and the formative period of Islam, and then move on
to examine its central theological concepts and tenets of religious
worship and ritual practice. The course will also examine the place
of Islam in the modern world by focusing on trends towards "Islamic
awakening" and moral renewal since the early decades of the 20th
century