School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsWhat is Islam?Western Sydney University Unit Code: 102585.1
Discipline: RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Student Contribution Band: 4
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
About this Unit
The ‘Muslim question’ has been a topic of interest to Western scholarship for over four hundred years. The unit addresses this question in two ways: firstly, by exploring internal historical conceptualisations of the faith-identity of Islam, and examining how these have shaped modern understandings of Islam from within the faith; secondly, by introducing students to multidisciplinary approaches to the study of Islam and inviting them to consider the construction and deconstruction of Islamic Studies as a field of study at various stages of history. The unit provides students with the opportunity to gain increased awareness of both debates within the field and those that scrutinise the field, that is, becoming comfortable with interrogating the cluster of theoretical and methodological strategies for scholarly inquiry into the study of Islam.
Courses| 8083.2 | Bachelor of Research Studies | CURRENT |