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Undergraduate Course: Qur'anic Studies: History, Themes and Practice (REST08014)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course will focus on the history, meaning and themes of the Qur'an. It will look at a variety of primary and secondary material as well as revisionist approaches. This will allow students to gain a broad insight into the place and meaning of the Qur'an in scholarship and piety both past and present.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should usually have at least one introductory level Divinity/Religious Studies course at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, a student will:
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the origins of the Qur'an, its structure and place in Muslim life and contemporary revisionist approaches;
- be able to analyse and critically evaluate select themes in the Qur'an and their meaning in devotional practice and in the intellectual history of Islam;
- have engaged critically with select primary and secondary sources to understand approaches to the Qur'an by classical and contemporary scholars and the tensions between scripture and society today;
- be able to demonstrate the ability to develop and deliver a presentation for a seminar and have participated in constructive discussion and debate with other seminar members in a respectful manner;
- be able to demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings;
- be able to demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsQur'an
Contacts
Course organiserProf Mona Siddiqui
Tel: (0131 6)50 7912
Email: Mona.Siddiqui@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk
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