Section Info: RELIG-311-01

Course Title: Love, Madness, Discipline: the Sufi Path In Islam
Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024
Term: Fall Semester 2024
Description: "Die before dying." "Set fire to heaven, and douse the fires of hell." "Be consumed by Love, until only the Beloved exists and you don't." "The perceptible world is like a mirage, veiling and disclosing the presence of the imperceptible Real." These are some of the aphorisms of Sufi Muslims who have sought a deeper relationship with the Divine or ultimate Reality. This course explores the contemplative, ascetic, and ecstatic practices through which Sufis pursued this goal and the philosophical, visionary, and poetical writings through which they expressed their devotion and speculation. Attention will be paid to the impact of Sufism on the religious practices, literary and artistic traditions, and social and political institutions of Islamic societies and cultures, from the pre-modern to the contemporary period.
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Amina Steinfels   413-538-2292   asteinfe@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024   Seminar   Monday and Wednesday   10:00AM - 11:15AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
MDEAS0001   MDEAS: Middle Eastern Studies major   This course has been approved to count towards the Middle Eastern Studies major.  
SASIA0001   SASIA: South Asian Studies major   This course has been approved to count towards the South Asian Studies major.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 16     Enrollment: 16     Available: 0     Waitlist: 1
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.