Maybe it's because I tend to think in spatial terms, but over the years I have come to conceive of the study of religion as a series of lines meandering through a vast, three-dimensional space. The trajectories of these lines can be described using three variables (the axes).
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Book Announcement
Professor Ahmed Atif Ahmed's new book
The Fatigue of the Shari'a will be available on April 10
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The Fatigue of the Shari'a places on a continuum two kinds of debates: debates in the Islamic tradition about the end of access to divine guidance and debates in modern scholarship in Islamic legal studies about the end of the Shari'a. The resulting continuum covers what access to divine guidance means and how it relates to Shari'a, whether the end of this access is possible, and what should be done in this case. The study is based on textual analysis of medieval legal and theological texts as well as analysis of recent arguments about the death of the Shari'a.
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Summer Study Abroad in Egypt
Led by Associate Professor Juan E. Campo & Continuing Lecturer Magda Campo
This faculty-led program in Cairo explores the relations between people, food, and religion in Egypt and the wider Middle East. It is concerned with how peoples in this region have used food to fashion and express their religious, cultural, and personal identities, and how the Egyptian "foodscape" in particular has developed historically through centuries of contact with other cultures and civilizations. The course focuses on Muslim and Christian culinary traditions in Egypt, and draws comparisons with feasting and fasting practices of other cultures in the Middle East. The roots of modern Egyptian cuisine in ancient Egypt and the effects of globalization on Egyptian culinary culture will also be examined. Includes a two-unit course in colloquial Arabic, as well as hands-on practice in preparing Middle Eastern recipes.
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