ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY WS-639
Fall 2020
Hartford Seminary
Colleen M. Keyes, Ph.D.
Course Description
This is a historical and topical survey that examines Islamic spirituality (commonly known as Sufism), the growth of this tradition from the earliest days of Islam, and the early forms of personal piety that culminated in emphasis on mystical dimensions of Islamic religious experience and practice. We will read both primary sources (in translation) and secondary sources, and reflect on the works of several of the major Muslim spiritual figures throughout history, learn about the development of Sufi orders, and consider the relationships between spirituality, theology, and law in Islam. We will encounter English translations of some of the greatest masterpieces of Sufi literature in Arabic and Persian. This course provides knowledge useful for those generally interested in spirituality and those in spiritual/pastoral care and counseling professions.
Course Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
1. Locate the roots of the spiritual dimension of Islam in the Qur’an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad 2. Demonstrate understanding of Sufi theology 3. Demonstrate understanding of the centrality of virtue and ethical development in Islam through Islamic spiritual practice 4. Demonstrate familiarity with key figures in Islamic spiritual thought and practice in historical context 5. Be conversant with the relationship between the spiritual, theological, and legal within Islam 6. For pastoral/spiritual care providers/chaplains/imams: Demonstrate how knowledge of Islamic spirituality may be utilized in the care of persons of various faith traditions and/or philosophies. 7. Engage in beneficial reflection on their own spiritual state and development
This course assists students in achieving the following program outcomes through its content, learning activities and assignments and their assessment:
Master of Arts in Religious Studies: Learning Outcomes
1. To demonstrate foundational and critical knowledge of one’s own religion 2. To demonstrate the knowledge, capacities, and willingness to respectfully engage other religions and world views 3. To demonstrate knowledge of the practices of one’s own religious tradition and the capacity to appreciate the practices of other religious traditions
Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate foundational and critical knowledge of the Islamic tradition as relevant to Muslim chaplains.
Course Schedule: (may be modified as necessary) Note well: Zoom meetings are OPTIONAL.
Week 1: 9/8-9/14 -- Situating Islam and Sufism—
Complete required readings (below) by 9/10 at 8:00PM Eastern.
Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30PM, 9/10, Thursday (Optional but highly encouraged so that we may meet each other and our classmates.)
Required Readings:
Martin Lings, What is Sufism? Ch. 1-5.
Anne Marie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Ch.1.
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• ‘Ajiba, Ahmed ibn The Book of Ascension to the Essential Truths of Sufism (Mir ‘raj al-tashawwuf ila haqa’iq al-tasawwuf) (Trans. Mohamed Fouad Aresmouk & Michael Abdurrahman Fitzgerald), Fons Vitae, 2011. • Abu-l-Qasim ‘Abd-al-Karim bin Hawazin al-Qushayri, trans. Rabia Harris, The Risalah: Principles of Sufism. Great Books of the Islamic World, 2002.
Week 2: 9/15-9/21- The Spiritual Teachings of the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad d.10/632
Complete required readings and access presentation in Canvas by 9/17 at 8:00 PM Eastern.
2 Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM, 9/17, Thursday (Optional) (Time of meeting may be modified and may vary weekly to accommodate various student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 1 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 9/19 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 9/21 at 11:59 PM.
Required Readings:
Michael Sells, Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur’an, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings, ch.1& 2.
Selections (TBA) from ‘Ajiba, Ahmad ibn. Trans. Abdul Aziz Suraqah, Prophetic Grace: The Qur’anic merits of the Prophet Muhammad, 2015.
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• Carl Ernst, Sufism: An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam, Ch. 1-4. • Chourif, Tayeb, Spiritual Teachings of the Prophet: Hadiths and Commentaries of Saints and Sages of Islam. Fons Vitae, 2011.
Week 3: 9/22-/9/28- Early Muslim Mysticism
Complete readings and view presentation in Canvas by 9/24 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 9/24, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time may change to accommodate student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 2 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 9/25 at 8:00PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 9/27 at 11:59 PM.
Required Readings:
Sells, Early Islamic Mysticism, Ch. 3, 5,6,7,8.
Abu Abdullah al-Harith bin Asad al-Muhasibi, Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance, (Risala Al- Mustarshidin) (Trans. Zaid Shakir) ND Publishers, 2008. Pp. ix-xxv, 1-61, 213-224.
Week 4: 9/29 -10/5- Early Sufi Women: Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (d179/ 801)
Complete readings and view presentation in Canvas by 10/1 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM, Eastern, 10/1, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time may change to accommodate student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 3 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 10/3 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 10/5 at 11:59 PM.
3 Required Readings:
Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam, pp. 23-40.
Sells, Early Islamic Mysticism, Ch. 4.
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• Abu 'Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulami, Early Sufi Women: Dhikr an-Niswa al-Muta'abbidat as-Sufiyyat
• Margaret Smith, Rabi ‘a, the Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam, Cambridge, 1928.
Week 5: 10/5-10/12-- Union with God: Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj (d. 310/922)
Complete readings and view presentation by 10/7 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM 10/7, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Writing Assignment 1- Write a 3 to 5- page Reflection Essay on a topic of interest to you that is related to course readings. Submit in Canvas by 10/11 at 11:59 PM.
Required Readings: Sells, Ch.9.
Schimmel, Al-Hallaj, Martyr of Mystical Love, 62-77.
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• Louis Massignon, Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr, Princeton University Press, 1994. (abridged)
Week 6: 10/13-10/19--Virtue Ethics: Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī (d. 467/1074)
Complete readings and view presentation by 10/15 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 10/15, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 4 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 10/17 at 8:00PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 10/19 at 11:59 PM.
Required Readings:
ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī, Principles of Sufism, Von Schlegell trans., Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1992. Introduction and ch. 1-12.
4 Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• Abu-l-Qasim ‘Abd-al-Karim bin Hawazin al-Qusharyri, Trans. Rabia Harris, The Risalah: Principles of Sufism, Great Books of the Islamic World, 2002.
• Martin Nguyen, Sufi Master and Qurʾan Scholar: Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī and the Laṭāʾif al- Ishārāt, Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012.
Week 7: 10/20-10/26 --Symbolism of Light: Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) Complete readings and view presentation by 10/22 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM. Eastern, 10/22, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 5 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 10/24 at 8:00PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 10/26 at 11:59PM.
Required Readings:
Schimmel, 77-97.
Gairdner, W.H. Temple. Al-Ghazzalī’s “Mishkat al-anwar”: The Niche for Lights, 1915. pp 76-121.
Al Ghazali, Abu Hamid, Trans./Annot. Aaron Spevack, Ghazali on the Principles of Islamic Spirituality: Selections from The Forty Foundations of Religion, 2012. pp. 43-109 (to be divided among students to present on)
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• David Buchman, The Niche of Lights, Brigham Young University, Islamic Translation Series,1998. • Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid, Trans. By M. Abdurrahman Fitzgerald, Kitab asrar al-salat (The Mysteries of the Prayer), Book 4 of the Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din, Fons Vitae, 2018. • ------, Trans., David B. Burrell, CSC, Faith in Divine Unity & Trust in Divine Providence, (Kitab al-Tawhid wa’l- tawakkul, Fons Vitae, 2001. • ------,(Trans. By Anthony F. Shaker), On Vigilance and Self-Examination (Kitab al- muraqaba wa’l-muhasaba), The Islamic Texts Society, 2015. • ------,(Trans. By Walter J> Skellie) The Marvels of the Heart,(Kitab sharh ‘aja’ib al- qalb), The Islamic Texts Society, 2010. • ______, Trans. By T.J. Winter), On Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires, The Islamic Texts Society, 1995. • ------, (Trans. By T.J. Winter), The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife (Kitab dhikr al-mawt wa-ma ba ‘dahu.) The Islamic Texts Society, 1989.
Week 8: 10/27-11/2-- Divine Love: Ahmad al-Ghazzali (517/1126); God Consciousness (Taqwa) Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gīlānī al-Ḥasanī wa'l-Ḥusaynī (d.1166) & Abu ‘l-‘Abbās Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya(d. 1328); Abū Madyan Shu ‘ayb al-Husayn al-Ansārī (d.594/1198)
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Complete readings and view presentation by 10/29 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 10/29, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Writing Assignment 2: Reflection Essay on a topic of interest to you related to course readings due by 11/1 at 11:59 PM and submitted in Canvas.
Required Readings:
Selections (TBA) from Ahmad al-Ghazzalī’s, http://www.sufi.ir/books/download/english/ahmad-ghazali- en/sawanih-en.pdf
Selections (TBA) from Abu ‘l-‘Abbās Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya, Trans. Muhtar Holland. Sharh Futūh al-Ghaib: Commentary on Revelations of the Unseen. Al-Baz Publishing, Inc., 2010. (Or PDF) https://aaiil.org/text/books/others/aftabdin/futuhalghaib/futuhalghaib.pdf
Shuʿayb Abū Madyan Vincent Cornell(ed./trans.) The Way of Abu Madyan, Cambridge, 1996. pp. 1-61.
Recommended: (if you have time and interest) • Attar, Farid al-Din, Dick Davis, and Afkham Darbandi, The Conference of the Birds, Hammondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1984. Available in PDF. • Abu al Hassan al-Shadhili (d. 583/1187) The Mystical Teaching of al-Shadhili, Ibn al-Sabbagh, trans. Elmer H. Douglas. • Khalid Williams (trans.) Sidi Ahmad Zarruq’s Commentary on Shaykh al-Shadhili’s Hizb al-Bahr, Visions of Reality Publications, 2013
Week 9:11/3-11/9-- Philosophical Mysticism: Muḥyī al-Dīn b. al-ʿArabī (d.638/1240)
Complete readings and view presentation by 11/5 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 11/5, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 6 TBA for Canvas Discussion. If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 11/7 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 11/9 at 11:59PM.
Required Readings:
Ibn al-ʿArabī, The Ringstones of Wisdom: Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam, Caner Dagli trans., Chicago: Kazi Publications, 2004. (Introduction + Chapter 1 Ringstone of the Divine Wisdom in the Word of Adam: pp. 1-18).
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• Corbin, Henri, Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn ʿArabī, Princeton: Princeton UP, 1998
6 • Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, The Four Pillars of Spiritual Transformation: The Adornment of the Spiritually Transformed (Hilyat al-abdal)(Mystical Treatises of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi)
• Nettler, Ronald L. Sufi metaphysics and Qur'ānic prophets: Ibn ʻArabī's thought and method in the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2003).
Week 10: 11/10-11/16-- Islamic Spiritual Psychology: Spirit, Soul, Heart, Body, Intellect: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672/1273)
Complete readings and view presentation by 11/12 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 11/12, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 7 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 11/14 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 11/16 at 11:59PM.
Required Readings:
Selections (TBA) from The Mathnawi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (also known as the Masnavi). PDF available online. R. A. Nicholson’s translation is recommended but others are fine.
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, Islamic Art & Spirituality, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1987 (chapters VII, Rumi, Supreme Poet & Sage pp. 114-132; + Chapter VIII Rumi & the Sufi Tradition, pp. 133- 150
Recommended (if you have time and interest): • Chittick, William C. Divine Love: Islamic Literature and the Path to God. Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013. • ------. The Sufi Path of Love; The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, SUNY, 1983. • Seyed Ghahreman Safavi & Simon Weightman, Rūmī’s Mystical Design: Reading the Mathnawī, Book One, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009.
Week 11: 11/17-11/23-- Shi’i Spirituality Complete readings and view presentation by 11/19 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 11/19, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Writing Assignment 3: Write a 3 to 5- page Reflection Essay on a topic of interest to you and based on course readings. Due on 11/23 by 11:59 PM.
Required Reading: Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Kernel of the Kernel: Concerning the Wayfaring and Spiritual Journey of the People of Intellect (Risāla-yi Lubb al-Lubāb dar Sayr wa Sulūk-i Ulu'l ... Approach to Sufism (SUNY series in Islam). Ch. 1-2.
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
7 • Ruffle, Karen. ―May Fatimah Gather Our Tears: The Mystical and Intercessory Powers of Fatimah al-Zahra in Indo-Persian, Shi'i Devotional Literature and Performance,‖ Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 30, no. 3 (2010), pp. 386 - 397 • Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam: Beliefs and Practices (Ismaili Texts and Translations), 2011. • Ayoub, Mahmoud. Redemptive Suffering in Islam: A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism (Religion and Society Ser.)1978. PDF.
Week 12: No CLASS—Reading Days and Thanksgiving Holiday 11/-24-11/30
Week 13:12/1-12/7 – Purification of the Heart and Spiritual Development: Muhammad Mawlud (d.1260/1844) & Abdullah Al-Ansari (d. 481/1089) Complete readings and view presentation by 12/3 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 12/3, Thursday (Optional) (Date and time subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Discussion Prompt 8 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Saturday 12/5 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 12/6 at 11:59PM.
Required Readings:
Al-Ansari, Abdullah, Stations of the Wayfarers (Trans. by Hisham Rifa ‘i), Dar Albouraq, 2011. pp. 21-44; 100-120. (English)
Imam al-Mawlud’s Matharat al-Qulub, trans. Hamza Yusuf. Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart, Sandala, 2012. Read Translator’s introduction, Introduction to Purification, Hatred, Love of the World, Envy, Blameworthy Modesty, Ostentation, Seeking Reputation, Anger, Heedlessness, Rancor, Obliviousness to Blessing.
Recommended (if you have time and interest):
• Knysh, Alexander. ―Contextualizing the Sufi-Salafi Conflict (from the Northern Caucasus to Hadramawt),‖ Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 43, no. 4 (2007), pp. 503-530. • Al-Iskandarī, Ibn ʿAṭāʾ ʾLlāh, The Key to Salvation: A Sufi Manual of Invocation (miftāḥ al-falāḥ wa-miṣbāḥ al-arwāḥ), trans. Mary Ann Khoury Danner, Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1996. (Chapters 1-2, “On the Nature of the Invocation,” and “Benefits of the Invocation.”) • Jackson, Sherman. Sufism for Non-Sufis? Ibn ‘Atā’ Allāh al-Sakandarī’s Tāj al-‘Arūs, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Week 14: 12/8-12/14 –Spiritual Development and Practice: Imām Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddād (d.1098/1720), Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq al-Shabrawi (d. 1325/1947) Complete readings and view presentation by 12/10 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Zoom class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 12/10, Thursday (Optional)
8 Discussion Prompt 9 (TBA) for Canvas Discussion: If you choose to participate in this discussion, response to the Discussion Prompt is due by Sunday 12/13 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Please try to submit on time and respond thoughtfully to at least 2 classmates’ posts by Monday, 12/14 at 11:59 PM.
Required Reading: Al-Haddād, Imām ‘Abdullah, (Trans. By Mostafa al-Badawī), Counsels of Religion, Fons Vitae, 2010. Translator’s Introduction, Ch. 1-3. Al-Shabrawi, Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq, The Degrees of the Soul, The Quilliam Press Limited, 1997. pp. 5-64.
Recommended (if you have time and interest): • Abu al Hassan al-Shadhili (d. 583/1187) The Mystical Teaching of al-Shadhili, Ibn al-Sabbagh, trans. Elmer H. Douglas. • Khalid Williams (trans.) Sidi Ahmad Zarruq’s Commentary on Shaykh al-Shadhili’s Hizb al- Bahr, Visions of Reality Publications, 2013.
Week 15: 12/15-21—Spiritual Development and Practice Zoom (last) class meeting: 8:30-9:30 PM Eastern, 12/17, Thursday (Optional but highly encouraged) (Date and time of class meeting subject to change to accommodate student schedules.)
Writing Assignment 4: Write a 3 to 5-page Reflection Essay on a topic related to spiritual development and practice based on course reading. Due on 12/21 by 11:59 PM Eastern.
Course Expectations and Policies:
Engaged Participation: By this I mean: Read, read, read, and reflect, reflect, reflect. Complete reading, writing, and discussion assignments in by the assigned due date and access any and all course materials and resources such as lectures, PowerPoint presentations, videos, or other resources. Be passionate about learning and benefitting as much as you can from the readings, the discussions and the assignments.
Respectful interaction with instructor and fellow students is essential in person, online, and in written communications.
Assignment expectations and penalties for late work: 1. Submit by due date and time. The date and time of submission is given as the deadline for assignments each week. Your submissions are time-stamped. An extension of 2 hours is automatically granted without seeking special permission. If you have a valid reason to be more than 2 hours late with your submission, explain the problem to me by e-mail and get my permission to submit your work on extension.
For discussion posts, it is essential to meet the deadline so that others may have time to read and comment on your post in a timely manner. For this reason and since you only have to post 6 times during the course, if you miss the posting deadline by more than 2 hours, you should choose a future Discussion to participate in when you can be on time.
9 For writing assignments, after seeking and obtaining my permission to submit late for an acceptable reason, note that two points will be deducted off the top of your grade for each day that your work is late with a maximum extension of 5 days.
2. Integrity/Honesty. You are expected to do your own work honestly though you are allowed to access the help of a writing tutor or guide. However, plagiarism is a serious academic offense which involves using the work or intellectual property or creation of another person in whole or in part without proper attribution of credit to the author.
Here is the full statement in the Hartford Seminary on what plagiarism is: “Plagiarism, the failure to give proper credit for the words and ideas of another person, whether published or unpublished, is strictly prohibited. All written material submitted by students must be their own original work; where the words and ideas of others are used they must be acknowledged. Additionally, if students receive editorial help with their writing they should also acknowledge it appropriately. Credit will not be given for work containing plagiarism, and plagiarism can lead to failure of a course. Faculty will report all instances of plagiarism to the Academic Dean. The Academic Dean will then collect documented details of the case and advance any recommendations for further action to the Academic Policy Committee. Through this process the situation will be reviewed and any additional penalties that may be warranted (up to and including expulsion from the school) will be determined. For clarity as to what constitutes plagiarism, the following description is provided: 1. Word for word plagiarism: (a) the submission of another person’s work as one’s own; (b) the submission of a commercially prepared paper; (c) the submission of work from a source which is not acknowledged by a footnote or other specific reference in the paper itself; (d) the submission of any part of another person’s work without proper use of quotation marks. 2. Plagiarism by paraphrase: (a) mere re-arrangement of another person’s works and phrases does not make them your own and also constitutes plagiarism; (b) paraphrasing another person’s words, ideas, and information without acknowledging the original source from which you took them is also plagiarism. See Part II of Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations, (7th Edition, University of Chicago Press, 2007) for an explanation of the proper ways to acknowledge the work of others and to avoid plagiarism. 3. Reuse of your own work: Coursework submitted for credit in one course cannot be submitted for credit in another course. While technically not plagiarism, this type of infraction will be treated in the same manner as plagiarism and will be subject to the same penalties. If you are using small amounts of material from a previous submitted work, that work should be referenced appropriately. When a student is writing their final program requirement (paper, project or thesis) it may be appropriate, with their advisor’s permission, to include portions of previously submitted materials if properly referenced.”
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Accommodations—If you could benefit from writing assistance, or if you need some accommodations due to any type of disability, please contact the Student Services Coordinator.
The Seminary has a writing tutor and provides the following resources: Research paper guide: http://www.hartsem.edu/current-students/student-writing-resources/
10 Though this course does not require a research- based paper, the conventions of academic writing must be observed for each writing assignment.
Please learn what is permissible and what is not permissible when using the work and ideas of others. When in doubt, , please ask the writing tutor or me. Ignorance of the rules and norms of academic writing is not an acceptable excuse at the graduate level.
Seminary Policies can be accessed in the Student Handbook: http://www.hartsem.edu/current- students/policies/ and http://www.hartsem.edu/current-students/student-handbook/
Course Requirements: Students will
a. Read, take notes, reflect on, and be prepared to discuss and answer questions on the required weekly reading. b. Write four (4) 3 to 5-page reflection (reader- response) essays by the due date based on course reading. (12- point font, Times New Roman font, double spaced, using the Chicago Manual of Style.) IMPORTANT: If asked to do so, revise/correct/improve your essay based on my feedback within 1 week of receiving feedback. Your grade will be the average of the first and final draft. c. Post by due date and time given, at least six (6) (out of a possible 9 Discussions) thoughtful, thorough responses to discussion prompts based on assigned reading in Canvas Discussion online and respond to at least two other student’s posts. Every effort should be made to respond to classmates in such a way that you interact in discussion with each of your classmates throughout the course rather than always interacting with the same person or persons. If the instructor asks for clarification/re-statement of anything which is deemed to be unclear in your discussion post, please revise your post and/or make the requested necessary clarifications timely so that everyone can understand your post clearly.
Incentive for greater participation in class discussion: If you post substantive responses in more than 6 discussions and respond to the posts of at least 2 students in that discussion, you may earn 2 additional points on your course average for each additional discussion you participate in. That is an additional 6 points possible to add to your course average which can make the difference between an A and an A-, or an A- and B+ or a B and a B+ or a B and a B-, etc.
d. Make presentations on assigned readings, answer questions from classmates and instructor, and/or lead discussion on the assigned reading. You will be assigned one or more presentations on weekly readings. You may record your presentation (video or audio), use PowerPoint, submit a written lecture/presentation, provide reading notes, vocabulary lists or other aids, as appropriate. e. Course etiquette: Treat the instructor and every classmate with the utmost respect and excellent manners at all times.
Grading: 4 Writing Assignments--Reflection essays of 3-5 pages 60% 6 Substantive discussion posts and responses to classmates’ and instructor's posts 30% Presentation(s) on assigned reading 10% (Ph.D or D. Min. Students will have an additional research-based essay of 8-12 pages )
11 MA and PhD Grading Scale
A (95-100) Demonstrates excellent mastery of the subject matter; has a superior ability to articulate this. Exceeds expectations of the course.
A- (90-94) Demonstrates mastery of the subject matter; articulates this well. Exceeds expectations of the course.
B+(87-89) Demonstrates a very good understanding of the subject matter, able to articulate ideas fluently and coherently. Meets expectations of the course.
B (83-86) Demonstrates an understanding of the subject matter and the ability to articulate lessons learned. Meets expectations of the course.
B-(80-82) Demonstrates an understanding of the subject, has some difficulty articulating this. Meets basic expectations for the course.
C+(77-79) Demonstrates a basic comprehension of the subject matter, weak articulation and connections. Does not meet expectations for the course.
C (70-76) Demonstrates a minimal comprehension of the subject matter, very weak articulation. Does not meet expectations of the course.
F (below 70) Unable to meet the basic requirements of the course.
Additional Resources on Islamic Spirituality:
Music and Islamic Spirituality • Avery, Kenneth S. A Psychology of Early Sufi Samā ʿ: Listening and Altered States. London ; New York, NY : Routledge Curzon, 2004. • Djummaev, Alexander B. ―Musical Traditions and Ceremonies of Bukhara,‖ Anthropology of the Middle East 3, no. 1 (2008), pp. 52 – 66.. • Gade, Anna M. ―Taste, Talent and the Problem of Internalization: A Qurʾanic Study in Religious Musicality from Southeast Asia,‖ History of Religions 41, no. 4, Essays on the Occasion of Frank Reynolds's Retirement (May, 2002): 328-68. • Isgandarova, Nazila. ―Music in Islamic Spiritual Care: A Review of Classical Sources,‖ Religious Studies and Theology 34, no. 1 (2015), pp. 101-113. • Lewiston, Leonard. ―The sacred music of Islam: Sam ̳ in the Persian Sufi tradition,‖ British Journal of Ethnomusicology 6, no. 1 (1997), pp. 1-33. • Rasmussen, Anne K. ―The Qur'an in Indonesian Daily Life: The Public Project of Musical Oratory.‖ Ethnomusicology 45, no. 1 (Winter, 2001): 30-57. • –––. Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2010. • Shihadeh, Ayman. Music and Identity in Central Asia: Introduction, Ethnomusicology Forum 14, no. 2 (2005), pp. 131 – 142 • Waugh, Earle H. Memories, Music, and Religion: Morocco’s Mystical Chanters. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 2005.
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Psychology and Islamic Spirituality • Awn, Peter J. Satan's tragedy and redemption: Iblīs in Sufi psychology, with a foreword by Annemarie Schimmel. Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1983. • Frager, Robert. Heart, Self and Soul: The Sufi Psychology of Growth, Balance and • Harmony. Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books, 1999. • Haque, Amber. ―Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists, Journal of Religion and Health 43, 4 (2004), pp. 357-377. • Khalil, Atif. Contentment, Satisfaction and Good-Pleasure: Rida in Early Sufi Moral Psychology, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 43, no. 3 (2014), pp. 371-389. • Khalil, Atif. al-Makkī and the Nourishment of the Hearts in the Context of Early Sufism, The Muslim World 102, no. 2 (2012), pp. 335-356. • Muhaiyaddeen, M.R. Bawa. God's Psychology: A Sufi Explanation. Philadelphia, PA: Fellowship Press, c2007. • Nizamie, S., M. Kathsu, and N. Uvais, ―Sufism and Mental Health," Indian Journal of Psychiatry 55 (6) (2013), pp. 215-223. • Nrbakhsh, Javd. The Psychology of Sufism: A Discussion of the Stages of Progress and Development of the Sufi's Psyche while on the Sufi Path. New York : Khaniqahi- Nimatullahi Publications, 1992. • Shehadeh, Ayman (ed.). Sufism and Theology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. • Tirmidhi and Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami al-Naysaburi, Three Early Sufi Texts, translated by Nicholas Heer and Kenneth L. Honerkamp (Louisville, Ky.: Fons Vitae, 2003 • Trimingham, J. Spencer. The Sufi Orders in Islam (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973). • https://ia800500.us.archive.org/26/items/160961366SufiOrdersInIslam/160961366 -Sufi-Orders-in-Islam_text.pdf • Useem, Andrea. "In Islam, a Vocal Exercise of Faith." The Chronicle of Higher Education 47, no. 13 (Nov 24, 2000): 1. • Van Cleef, Jabez, The Tawasin Of Mansur Al-Hallaj: A Mystical Treatise On Knowing God, & Invitation To The Dance, Madison, New Jersey: Spirit Song Text Publications, 2008. • Waugh, Earle H. Visionaries of Silence: The Reformist Sufi Order of the Demirdashiya al- Khalwatiya in Cairo. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2008. • Yazaki, Saeko. Islamic Mysticism and Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī: The Role of the Heart. New York: Routledge, 2013.
Interreligious Dialogue/ Comparative Religious Studies:
• Berzin, Alexander. Historical Survey of the Buddhist and Muslim Worlds’ Knowledge of Each Other‘s Custom‘s and Teachings, The Muslim World 100, no. 2 - 3 (2010), pp. 187-203. • Foltz, Richard C. Source, Buddhism in the Iranian World. The Muslim World 100, no. 2 - 3 (2010), pp. 204-214. • Izutsu, Toshihiko. Taoism and Sufism: A Comparative Study of Key Philosophical Concepts, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1984. • Murata, Sachiko. The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought. Foreword by Annemarie Schimmel. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 1992.
13 • Nahar, Azizun. Islam, The Nature of Self, Suffering, and Salvation: with Special Reference to Buddhism and Islam. Vohra Publishers & Distributors, Allahabad, India, 1987. • Obuse, Kieko. ―The Muslim Doctrine of Prophethood in the Context of Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Japan: Is the Buddha a Prophet? The Muslim World 100, no. 2 - 3 (2010), pp. 215-232. • Perreira, Todd LeRoy. ‘Die before you Die‘: Death Meditation as Spiritual Technology of the Self in Islam and Buddhism, The Muslim World 100, no. 2 - 3 (2010), pp. 247- 267. • Promta, Somparn. ―The View of Buddhism on other Religions with Special Reference to Islam, The Muslim World 100, no. 2 - 3 (2010), pp. 302-320. • Reis-Habito, Maria Dorothea. ―The Notion of Buddha-Nature: An Approach to Buddhist- Muslim Dialogue, The Muslim World 100, no. 2 - 3 (2010), pp. 233-246. • Shah-Kazemi, Reza. –––. Common Ground between Islam and Buddhism, with an essay by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf; introduced by H. H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, H. R. H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Mohammad Hashim Kamali. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2010. • Sultanova, Razia. From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia. I B. Tauris, 2011. • Yazaki, Saeko. Islam and Buddhism Relations from Balkh to Bangkok and Tokyo, The Muslim World 100, no. 2 - 3 (2010), pp. 177-186. • Yusuf, Imtiaz. ―Dialogue between Islam and Buddhism through the Concepts of Ummatan Wasatan (The Middle Nation) and Majjhima-Patipada (The Middle Way), Islamic Studies 48, no. 3 (2009), pp. 367 - 394 • Zarcone, Thierry, and Angela Hobart. Shamanaism and Islam: Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World. I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Of interest to pastoral/spiritual caregivers/chaplains/imams/Muslim mental health professionals
• Ahmed, Sameera and Mona M. Amer (eds.). Counseling Muslims: Handbook of Mental Health Issues and Interventions. New York: Taylor and Francis Group, 2012 • Bakhtiar, Laleh, Moral Healing Through the Most Beautiful Names, The Practices of Spiritual Chivalry: God’s Will Be Done, The Institute of Traditional Psychoethics and Guidance, 1994. • Canel-Çınarbaş, Deniz, Ayşe Çiftçi, and Gökçe Bulgan, ―Visiting Shrines: A Turkish Religious Practice and Its Mental Health Implications, International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 35, no.1 (2013), pp. 16 – 32. • Gilliat-Ray, Sophie, Mansur Ali and Stephen Pattison. Understanding Muslim Chaplaincy. Surrey, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2013. • Kobeisy, Ahmed Nezar. Counseling American Muslims: Understanding the Faith and Helping the People. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2004. • Nizamie, S., M. Kathsu, and N. Uvais, “Sufism and Mental Health," Indian Journal of Psychiatry 55 (6) (2013), pp. 215-223. • O‘Connor, Thomas, Kristine Lund and Patricia Berendsen, Psychotherapy: Cure of the Soul (Waterloo: Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, 2013). • Pessagno, J. Meric. ―The Uses of Evil in Maturidian Thought, Studia Islamica 60 (1984), pp. 59- 82. • Rassool, G. Hussein. Islamic Counseling: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. [London]: Routledge, 2016.
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