RLST 260
Mystic and Saints in Islam
Credit: 3 hours.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Literature and the Arts, and Non-Western Cultures course.Examines mystical concepts and practices in Islam through the ages, through the lives and writings of important mystics and Sufi holy men and women, as well as the integration of mysticism and the Sufi Orders into Muslim society and Islamic orthodoxy. No knowledge of Islam or foreign language is required.
Available spring 2009