ISLAMIC STUDIES

knowledge and understandig: Provide interpretations of the cultural evolution and the history of Islam as a religion, social institutions and values in Islamic countries.

applying knowledge and understanding: Studying and analysing the history of Islam and the cultural aspects that characterize the Arab peoples, the student acquires knowledge of this civilization, which facilitates his relationship with others and facilitates the field work of those who engage in the activity of cultural mediation.

making judgement: The ability to analyse text during the research and preparation of presentations during the course are a stimulus that strengthens the autonomy of the student's judgment.

communication skills: Through active participation during the lectures, seminars and presentations, students will acquire confidence, that strengthens its ability to communicate.

learning skills: Stimulating the curiosity of the student through cultural subjects such as Islam, gives graduates the ability to interact in cultural issues.

- Frontal teaching
- Seminars
- Presentations

The first part of the course is related to the period of the rise of Islam, its spread, the divisions between Sunni and Shi’a, Sufi and brotherhoods, the Qur’an and the šari‘a as a sources of Islamic law, the various schools of religious thought.

The second part studies those dictates of the Koran that have an effect on the social life of the believer such as, for example, matrimonial law and rules of succession.

1. Carole Hillenbrand, Islam. Una nuova introduzione storica, Torino, Einaudi, 2015.
2. Ida Zilio-Grandi, Le virtù del buon musulmano, Torino, Einaudi, 2020.
3. A. Bausani, L’Islam. Una religione, un’etica, una prassi politica, Milano: Garzanti, 1980.
4. A. Ventura, Il Corano, Milano, Mondadori, 2010. (Una sura a scelta).

In-depth books:

• R. Tottoli (a cura di), Islam (volume III della collana Le religioni e il mondo moderno, a cura di G. Filoramo), Torino: Einaudi, 2009.
• Alberto Ventura, L'esoterismo islamico: principi dottrinali, Roma: Atanor, 1981.
• Documenti e bibliografie per approfondimenti saranno indicati durante.