UNC Reli 581 (Asia 581), advanced undergraduate/M.A.
seminar, Spring 2007
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Instructor: Carl
Ernst
Office hours:
- Wed. at 11 a.m. in
3018 Global Education Center
- Thu. at 2 p.m. in Saunders 107
Change of time/place:
- Wed., Mar. 28 at 3 pm in
Saunders 107
- Thu., Apr.
12 at 10 am in Saunders 107
- no office hours 18-19,
25-26
Course Description: A survey of
Islamic mysticism, it sources in the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad,
and its literary, cultural, and social deployment in Arab, Persian,
Indic, and Turkish regions.
Prerequisites/Permission: No
prerequisites for advanced undergraduates or M.A. students. Student who
do not have a firm background in Islamic studies are strongly advised
to read recommended
studies on Islam.
Texts:
- Carl W. Ernst, Guide to Sufism (Shambhala
Publications, 1997)
- Carl W. Ernst, trans., Teachings of Sufism (Shambhala
Publications, 1999)
- Carl W. Ernst and Bruce B. Lawrence, Sufi Martyrs of Love:
Chishti Sufism in South Asia and Beyond (New York: Palgrave, 2002)
- Signs of the Unseen: Mystical Discourses of Rumi,
trans. W. M. Thackston, Jr.
- Plus additional materials from the Internet, occasional films,
and sound recordings of Sufi music that will be heard at every class
meeting.
