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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Comparative Religion
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Hannelies Koloska
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesdays 1-2 pm
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Hannelies Koloska
Course/Module description:
“It is He, who has created you, and has given you ears and eyes and hearts.” (Qur’an 67:23). What is the role of the senses in Islam? How are sensory experiences rated and used? What is the relation between Islamic theological concepts of the body and religious experiences? This course will focus on the important and likewise contested role of the body and its senses in Islamic belief, rituals and practices.
Course/Module aims:
This course will study the centrality of the senses and sensory religious practices in Islam. It will introduce the students to the theories of embodied religion and sensory religious experiences.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Students have basic knowledge of aspects of cultural, historical, and religious considerations of the body and the senses in Islam
- Students are familiarized with the academic field of sensory studies
- Students cultivate analytical and reflective thought regarding Muslim attitudes toward the body and the senses
- Students demonstrate an understanding of the complexities involved in Muslim bodily and sensory religious.
Attendance requirements(%):
In case of absence, the teacher has to be notified (not more than 2 times).
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
-group/pair or individual works
-interactive learning
Course/Module Content:
1) The Senses in the Study of Religions
2) The Body and the Senses in Islamic Theology
3)Senses in Religious Practices
4) Hearing: the Qur’an
5) Seeing: Signs of Remembrance
6) Smelling: Scents in the Mosque
7) Touching: Holy places
8) Taste: the Divine
9) Islamic debates of forms of sensual experiences
Required Reading:
Moodle
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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