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Direct linkBerkson, Mark – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2005
This paper is a reflection on the two most significant challenges that I have faced teaching the introductory course in Islam. The first is the challenge of teaching Islam after September 11, 2001, the events of which gave rise to such pedagogical questions as how much and in what ways the course syllabus should change, and in particular how we…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Muslims, Islam, College Faculty
Burr, Elizabeth G. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2005
In this essay I reflect on my experience thus far of teaching Islam as a non-Muslim at Metropolitan State University and at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. I begin by narrating a conversation about conversation that I had with one of my Muslim students. Then I introduce the theme of multiplicity as a way of…
Descriptors: Muslims, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Islam
Swanson, Mark N. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2005
In a brief essay originally presented as part of a panel discussion with Christian and Muslim teachers of Islam in the university setting, the author describes the distinctive characteristics of the Islamic Studies Program at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota). While the program allows Islamic studies "majors" to earn a degree (M.A. or M.Th.)…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Theological Education, Muslims, Islam
