1.  Aug. 20   Introduction
Notes to discussion

2.  Aug. 22   Fundamentalism as ideology
reading: Lawrence, pp. 1-42
Notes

3.  Aug. 27   The West and the Enlightenment
reading: Lawrence, 43-58
Notes

4.  Aug. 29  Modern Scripturalism
reading: Lawrence, 90-119
Notes

5.  Sept. 3    Jewish fundamentalists
reading: Lawrence, 120-152
Notes

6.  Sept. 5    Christian fundamentalists
reading: Lawrence, 153-188
Notes

7.  Sept. 10    Muslim fundamentalists
reading: Lawrence, 189-226
Notes

8.  Sept. 12     Films: Iran: Adrift in a Sea of Blood

9.  Sept. 17     Rethinking fundamentalism
reading: Lawrence, 227-245
Notes

10.  Sept. 19    Taliban
reading: Ahmed Rashid, The Taliban, pp. vii-xix, 1-54

11.  Sept. 24    Taliban
reading: Ahmed Rashid, The Taliban, pp. 55-104
Film: Afghanistan: exporting the Taliban Revolution. 24 min. 65-V7889

12.  Sept. 26    Taliban
reading: Ahmed Rashid, The Taliban, pp. 105-156

*13.  Oct. 1    Film: God, Darwin, and the dinosaurs (video assistant needs to pick up video from Ernst mailbox, Saunders 101, and to play the video; the video should be returned afterward to the Media Resouces Center in the Undergraduate Library basement)

14.  Oct. 3    Taliban
reading: Ahmed Rashid, The Taliban, pp. 157-216

15.  Oct. 8     Religion and Violence
reading: Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God, pp. xi-xvii, , 3-43

16.  Oct. 10     Religion and Violence 
Film: We are God's Soldiers (Hamas)
reading: Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God, pp. 44-83

17.  Oct. 15     Religion and Violence
reading: Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God, pp. 84-118
Short papers due in Saunders 101, 5 pm

fall break

18.  Oct. 22     Religion and Violence
reading: Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God, pp. 119-163
Film: Inside God's Bunker

19.  Oct. 24     Religion and Violence
reading: Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God, pp. 164-215

20.  Oct. 29     Religion and Violence
reading: Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God, pp. 216-244

NOTE: CLASSROOM CHANGES TO GRAHAM MEMORIAL 038 AS OF THIS DATE

21.  Oct. 31   Guest teleconference lecture: Prof. Richard Martin, Emory University 
reading: Richard Martin, "Discourses on Jihad in the Postmodern Era"
(username and password no. 1 needed)
Fatwa of Usama bin Laden

22.  Nov. 5   Back to Jewish Fundamentalism 
For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, by Ian S.Lustick , chapters 2 & 3
Varieties of Orthodox Judaism
web site: Neturei Karta, Jews United Against Zionism

23.  Nov. 7    Jewish Fundamentalism
reading:For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, by Ian S.Lustick, chapters 6 & 7
web site: Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002 
"THE MEN IN THE TREE: Revisiting Hindu fundamentalism ," A documentary film by Lalit Vachani 
4 PM, Donovan Lounge (Room 224), Greenlaw Hall 

24.  Nov. 12     Hindu Nationalism
assignment: study 3 of the South Asia websites on the Links page, and come to class with questions about VHP, BJP, and Babri Masjid.

*25.  Nov. 14    Film: FATHER, SON AND HOLY WAR, part 1

*26.  Nov. 19    Guest speaker: Prof. Shantanu Phukan (Asian Studies)

*27.  Nov. 21    Film: FATHER, SON AND HOLY WAR, part 2

*28.  Nov. 26    Film: Deadly Currents

Thanksgiving

29.  Dec. 3     Conclusions

Research papers due in Saunders 101 by Tue., Dec. 17, 2:00 P.M.