Postgraduate Course: Diversity in Islam: The Rise and Establishment of Twelver Shi`ism (PG Version) (IMES11074)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course aims to introduce students to the history and some of the key doctrines and practices of the Twelver Shi'i faith, from the formative era of the faith in the tenth century AD to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In the process students will also evaluate different approaches to the study of faith utilised to date. Aside from the opening, organisational meeting, the course is driven by student presentations on assigned topics and makes use of a growing body of primary-source material available in translation. The course is jointly taught with undergraduate students. |
| Course description |
The course aims to introduce students to the history and some of the key doctrines and practices of the Twelver Shi'i faith, from the formative era of the faith in the tenth century AD to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In the process students will also evaluate different approaches to the study of faith utilised to date. Aside from the opening, organisational meeting, the course is driven by student presentations on assigned topics and makes use of a growing body of primary-source material available in translation. The course is jointly taught with undergraduate students.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- describe and explain the history and some of the key doctrines and practices of the Twelver Shi`i faith, from the formative era of the faith in the tenth century A D to the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
- identify and challenge conventional discussions of the above in the extant secondary literature.
- incorporate translated primary source materials into their analyses.
- present structured arguments in both oral and a variety of written formats.
- discuss, based on translated primary source materials, distinguishing features of Shi`i discourse on such topics as authority and hierarchy and the rise of Western influence during the period of the absence of the Hidden Imam.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
PG Version of IMES10xxx |
| Keywords | DiI |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Newman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4178
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Course secretary | Mr Iain Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
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