Schedule of Classes

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES (Dates or headings in italics indicate assignments have not yet been finalized.)
WESTERN LENSES
	Our lenses and agendas
		M 8/19	Introductions
		W 8/21	Intellectual projects
	Wakeup call: the Prophet's early preaching
		M 8/26	The Prophet and his opponents
		W 8/28	Signs of coming judgment
		(F 8/30 last day to drop a class with no record of grade)
		M 9/2	NO CLASS - Labor Day
		W 9/4	Oaths and natural signs
	Remember the prophets of the past
		M 9/9	The prophetic pattern
		W 9/11	Adam
		M 9/16	Abraham
		W 9/18	Joseph
		M 9/23	Jesus
	The life of the new community
		W 9/25	Sermons for believers
		M 9/30	Guidance
		W 10/2	Conflict
	Our commentaries
		M 10/7	Our progress on commentaries, and recap of Donner's thesis
		W 10/9	INITIAL COMMENTARY DUE / Class discussion of commentaries
ISLAMIC LENSES
	Early preaching
		M 10/14	A Sufi lens: Tustari
		W 10/16	A Sunni lens: The Two Jalals
		M 10/21	An Islamist lens: Sayyid Qutb
	Prophets and religious communities
		W 10/23	A Sufi lens: Tustari on suras 3, 5, and 37
		(F 10/25 last day to drop a class and automatically receive a W)
		M 10/28	A Sunni lens: The Two Jalals on suras 3 and 5
		W 10/30	An Islamist lens: Sayyid Qutb on sura 3
	Guidance
		M 11/4	A Sufi lens: Tustari on suras 4 and 8
		W 11/6	A Sunni lens: The Two Jalals on sura 4
		M 11/11	An Islamist lens: Sayyid Qutb on sura 4
	Conflict
		W 11/13	A Sufi lens: Tustari on suras 8 and 9
		M 11/18	A Sunni lens: Suyuti on sura 9
		W 11/20	An Islamist lens: Sayyid Qutb
CONCLUSIONS
		M 11/25	NO CLASS - instructor at American Academy of Religion meeting
		THANKSGIVING BREAK
		M 12/2	Optional class for brainstorming on commentaries
		W 12/4	FINAL COMMENTARY DUE - Reports on commentaries, ideas for final exam essays, and course evaluations (If possible, please bring a laptop or mobile device to class.)
		F 12/13 4:30-6:30 pm	FINAL EXAM in our usual classroom