Dr. Hossein Latifi[1]
Course Syllabus
Doctrinal Beliefs of Islam are those pivotal principles around which other Islamic teachings and practices are systematically arranged. Knowing the Islamic doctrinal beliefs is a necessary constituent in understanding Islamic creed as a whole, and interpreting ritualistic practices and behaviors of Muslims. The course aims at providing a general outlook of Islamic systematic theology based on its most essential themes, like God and Divine attributes, Prophethood, Human freewill and Eschatological beliefs. Like any other human phenomenon, Islamic theological discussions have emerged, developed and evolved within a certain context and in reaction to their external surroundings; thus, the socio-politico backgrounds and ramifications of such discussions, along other schools of thought and religious traditions influencing and influenced by Islamic theological debates are to be addressed and analyzed in the course.
To familiarize students with doctrinal beliefs and systematic Islamic Theology
Students are supposed to gain basic information about and acquaintance with:
Papers, class presentations or mid-term quizzes (depending on regulations or other conditions)
Lectures, Presentations and Tutorials
al-Qazwini, S. M. (1999). Discovering Islam. Orange County, California: The Islamic Educational Center of Orange County.
al-Shahrastani. (1984). Nihayatu' l-Iqdam Fi Ilm l-Kalam (Summa Philosophiae). (A. Guillaume, Trans.) London: Oxford university Press.
Ess, J. v. (2019). Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra (Vol. 3 & 4). Leiden: Brill.
Goldziher, I. (1981). Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law. Princeton : Princeton University Press.
Goldziher, I. (2008). The Zahiris, Their Doctrines and Their History, A Contribution to the History of Islamic Theology. Leiden : Brill.
Gulevich, T. (2004). Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions . Detroit : Omnipraphics, Inc.
Lammens, S. J. (1929). Islam Beliefs and Institutions . London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Martin, R. C. (1997). Defenders of Reason in Islam. Oxford: Oneworld Publications.
Rizvi, S. M. (2004). Islam: Faith, Practice & History. Qom: Ansariyan Publications.
Schmidtke, S. (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sobhani, J. (2001). Doctrines of Shi'i Islam. London: Islamic Publications Ltd.
Stefon, M. (2010). Islamic Beliefs and Practices. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing .
Tusi, M. b. (n.d.). Tenets of Islam. Islamic Seminary Publications.
Winter, T. (2008). The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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