EM053-812 - Islam: History and Institutions

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM781-4.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the history, institutions and practices of Islam

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on the history, institutions and practices of Islam

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in investigating the history, institutions and practices of Islam

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on the history, institutions and practices of Islam
 

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Islam History and Institutions’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  • Muslim and non-Muslim scholarly perspectives on:
  • The history of Islam, covering its major periods, greatest dynasties and most significant regions, and their interaction with Christianity down the centuries
  • The primary textual corpus of Islam: the Qur’an, Hadith, legal writings and Stories of the Prophets, and their teachings about Christianity and Christians
  • The key doctrines and debates of the Islamic faith: articles of faith, five pillars, sectarian divisions, great debates, attitudes to other faiths etc.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Aly, Waleed, People Like Us – How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West, Sydney: Picador, 2007

Azumah, J. and Riddell, P. (eds.) Islam and Christianity on the Edge: Talking Points in Christian-Muslim Relations into the 21st Century, Melbourne: Acorn, 2013

Burr J. M.  and Collins, R. O. Alms for Jihad, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Claydon, D. (ed) Islam, Human Rights and Public Policy, Melbourne: Acorn, 2009

Cook, M. Muhammad, Oxford: OUP, 1983

Cox, C. & Marks, J. The West, Islam & Islamism: is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy? London: Civitas, 2006

Dale, M. Shifting Allegiances: Networks of Kinship and of Faith. The Women's Program in a Syrian Mosque, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2016

Denffer, A. von, Ulum al-Qur’an, Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1994

Durie, M. Revelation: Do we worship the same God, Brisbane: City Harvest Publications, 2006

Durie, M. The Third Choice: Islam dhimmitude and freedom, Melbourne: Deror Books, 2010

Esposito, J. Islam: the Straight Path, OUP: New York, 3rd edn. 2004

Geisler, N. & Saleeb, A. Answering Islam, Baker House Books, 1993

Hassan, R. Inside Muslim Minds, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2008

Holt, P. M. et. al. (eds), The Cambridge History of Islam, 2 vols., Cambridge: CUP, 1970

Ishaq, Ibn, The Life of Muhammad (trans. A. Guillaume), OUP, 1955

Kurzman, C. (ed.), Modernist Islam 1840-1940: A Sourcebook, Oxford: OUP, 2002

Kurzman, C. (ed.), Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook, OUP, 1998

Lapidus, I. M., A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge: CUP, 2002

Marshall, D. Learning from how Muslims see Christianity, Cambridge:  Grove, 2006

Masood, Steven, The Bible and the Qur’an, Carlisle: OM Publishing, 2001

Mernissi, F. Islam and Women, Beyond the Veil, Al Saqi, 1985

Moucarry, C. Faith to Faith: Christianity and Islam in dialogue, Leicester: IVP, 2001

Power, B. Challenging Islamic Traditions, William Carey Library, 2016

Power, B. Engaging Islamic Traditions: Using the Hadith in Christian Ministry to Muslims, William Carey Library, 2016

Power, B. Understanding Jesus and Muhammad: What the Ancient Texts Says About Them, Melbourne: Acorn, 2015

Riddell P. & Cotterell, P., Islam in Context, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003

Riddell, P. Christians and Muslims: pressures and potential in a post-9/11 world, Leicester: InterVarsity, 2004

Riddell, P. Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmissions and Response, Hawai’i: Univ. Hawai’I Press, 2001

Rippin, A. Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, London: Routledge, 3rd edn. 2005

Saaed, Abdullah, Islamic Thought: An Introduction, London: Routledge, 2006

Shumack, R. The Wisdom of Islam and the Foolishness of Christianity, Island View Publishing, 2014

Sookhdeo, P. Faith, Power and Territory: A Handbook of British Islam, McLean VA: Isaac Publishing, 2008

Spencer, R. The Truth About Muhammad, Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, 2005

Stark, R. God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades, HarperOne, 2009

Thomas, D. et al. (eds.) Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History, Leiden: Brill, 2008->

Volf, M. Allah: a Christian response, New York:  HarperOne, c2011