Teaching Islam

Islam, Tradition, and Colonial Modernity: Teaching Theory without Theory Talk

SherAli Tareen
Assistant Professor
Franklin & Marshall College

This is the third and penultimate blog in a series of posts in which I have sought to meditate on the question of how one might present theoretical/conceptual arguments to students in an introductory course on Islam in a manner that does Read more →

Teaching Islam through Storytelling

Meena Sharify-Funk
Associate Professor
Wilfrid Laurier University

I was scheduled to write a blog post on teaching about controversial issues and how they are shaping contemporary Muslim identities in North America. Guessing, however, that many readers may be fatigued from the barrage of unfavorable events – from the U.S. travel. Read more →