MR553: Islam in North America (4 units)

MR553: Islam in North America (4 units)

Steve, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Islamics
Steve is the former: editor of the Islamic Horizons, director of the Department of Da'wah for the Islamic Society of North America, and executive vice-president of the American Islamic College. After coming to Christ, he became a director of congregational care and counseling; and is Fellow, approved supervisor, and director of a pastoral counseling training program for rational emotive behavioral therapy.
Summer 2003 Pasadena

DESCRIPTION:

The varieties of immigrant and American-born Muslims and the processes of Americanization and Islamization and their implications for Muslim-Christian interaction

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

* Ability to explain the diversity of Muslims in America, their history, and current geographical locations in America
* Know the challenges facing Muslims in America and ways in which Muslims have tried to face those challenges
* Can describe the typical convert to Islam in America and the process of that conversion
* Know the major Islamic organizations in America

COURSE FORMAT:

This course meets daily for one week. A lecture format, with considerable group collaborative activities. Much of the course will be structured as a think tank where students collaboratively design missions programs based on the course content. Videos will be shown to demonstrate lecture material.

REQUIRED READING:

1300 pages of reading is required. Please see instructor for reading list.