RELS 3520 - Sufism and Islamic Mysticism

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
(Same as MES 3520) This course offers an advanced survey of some of the most distinguishing characteristics of Sufism Topics to be covered include: The rise of ascetic and mystical tendencies in Islam; the development of Sufism and the Sufi brotherhoods; the conflict between Sufism and Islamic law, and their eventual reconciliation; anti-Sufi polemics of reformers and fundamentalists in modern times; the continuing importance and vitality of Sufism today Global Scholars course.