REL 3120 - The Qur’an

(3) Credit Hours

An introduction to the Qur’an, the primary scripture of the Islamic religious tradition. This course focuses on themes in the Qur’an and its history, the text’s style and poetics, practices of recitation, the Qur’an as a source of law and theology, and the relationship of the text to contemporary debates on politics, gender justice, and Muslim sexualities.