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141279 SE Minorities in the Arab World: Christian-Muslim Relations (2022S)

Christlich-muslimische Beziehungen

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 25.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 01.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 08.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 29.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 20.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 27.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 03.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The conquest of Northern Syria and Iraq by the so-called Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS) in 2014 and its subsequent fatal consequences for local Christians and other minorities caused an international uproar. Similarly, regular violent attacks on Copts in Egypt causes negative headlines. As a result, Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East seem to attract media attention only in the context of violence. But at the same time there has been a long history of coexistence, interaction, and tension. This course focuses on Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East from the emergence of Islam until today, not only in their theological – and often polemical – dimension, but also in their historical, cultural, socio-political and every-day dimensions.
Objectives: by means of primary source analysis and recent scientific studies on the topic, this course seeks to question the idea of a passive and alien Christian minority and a homogenous Islam. Terms such as “minority”, “dhimma,” "ahl al-kitab" will be contextualised and explained.

Assessment and permitted materials

-Presence (two absences tolerated) and active participation (20 points max.)
-Short oral presentation + submission of summary of an article or book chapter/or primary source analysis (40 points max.)
-Essay on the basis of the short presentation, summary or primary source, 6,000 words (incl. footnotes) (40 points maximum)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active participation (20 points max.)
Short oral presentation + summary/or primary source analysis (40 points max.)
Essay (40 points max.)

Examination topics

Active participation (20 points max.)
Short oral presentation + summary/or primary source analysis (40 points max.)
Essay (40 points max.)

Reading list

Vorläufige Kurzbibliographie:
Griffith, Sidney (2008): The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam. Princeton: Princeton University Press;
Hage, Wolfgang (2007): Das orientalische Christentum. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer;
Sabra, George (2006): Two ways of being a Christian in the Muslim context of the Middle East. Islam & Christian Muslim relations 17(1): 43-53;
Sharkey, Heather (2017): A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press;
Wessels, Antonie (1995): Arab and Christian? : Christians in the Middle East. Kampen: Kok

Association in the course directory

WM-14

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