RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Thurs., Oct. 21 Zoroastrianism
Reading:
Young 166-172
Exploring the Web:
Avesta Web Server
Avesta Web Server-What is Zoroastrianism?
Avesta Web Server-Yasna (Including the Gathas)
The Zarathushtrian Assembly

Tues., Oct. 26 Judaism: History
Reading:
Young 172-178; Novak 5:1-10
CD: "Abraham", "Moses", "The Exodus", "The Ten Commandments"

Thurs., Oct. 28 Judaism: Distinctve Teaching
Reading:
Young 178-185; Novak 5:23-28
Time: A Ritual for All Ages" 20 (July 7, 2003, p. 86)
CD: "The Torah", "The Sabbath"

Tues., Nov. 2 Judaism: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative
Reading:
Young 185-193; Novak 5:33-37
Time: "Pop Goes the Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism Makes a Comeback With Younger People Yearning for More Individual Spirituality" 18-19 (Nov. 24, 1997, p. 92-93)
CD: "Passover", "Jerusalem"
Exploring the Web:
Shamash Home Page
Judaism Section at Yahoo
Orthodox Union
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Reform Judaism
Chabad.org (Chabad Lubavitch-Hasidic Judaism)
Hillel (Jewish Campus Organization)
The Role of Women in Judaism from the The Soc.Culture.Jewish FAQ
Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists
Jewish Feminist Resources
Rivkah Slonim: "Chassidic Feminist"
Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Articles on Femininity and Feminism in Chabad-Lubavitch
Articles on the Topic of Moshiach
World Zionist Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial: Learning Site
The Student Outreach Site at the United States Holocaust Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Children of the Holocaust
Museum of Tolerance
The Nizkor Project

Thurs., Nov. 4 Judaism: The Holocaust
Reading:
Novak 5:39
Selection from Theodor Herzl's The Jewish State
Exploring the Web:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Learning Site at the United States Holocaust Museum
The Student Outreach Site at the United States Holocaust Museum. Simon Wiesenthal Center
Children of the Holocaust
Museum of Tolerance
The Nizkor Project

Tues., Nov. 9 Christianity: History
Reading:
Young 194-198; Novak 6:1-19; 6:37
CD: "The Resurrection"
Exploring the Web:
The Jewish Roman World of Jesus
The Ecole Initiative (Online Encyclopedia Project for Early Christianity) (Includes an Extensive Collection of Early Christian Texts Online)
The "Non-Canonical" Home Page (Early Jewish and Christian Texts)
ChurchRodent: Rich Tatum's Glossary of Church History
Various images from Christian Culture

Wed., Nov. 11 Christianity: Distinctive Teaching
Reading:
Young 198-200; Novak 6:36
CD: "Baptism", "Eucharist", "Orthodox Easter"

Tues., Nov. 16 Christianity: Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant
Reading:
Young 200-205
CD: "Martin Luther King", "Mother Teresa", "The Living Cathedral"
Exploring the Web:
Orthodox Icons
The Orthodox Christian Page in America
Mt. Athos
Catholic Resources (Extensive Listing)
Protestant Resources (Extensive Listing)
Pentecostal Resources (Extensive Listing)

Thurs., Nov. 18 Christianity: Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Pentecostals and Charismatics
Reading:
Young 205-215
Exploring the Web:
Baptist Bible Fellowship International ( Example of a Fundamentalist Group)
Baptist Faith and Message (Southern Baptist)
Pentecostal Resources (Extensive Listing)
The Assemblies of God
Church of God in Christ
Association of Vineyard Churches
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel(Official Page)
Article on Amy Semple Mcpherson (Founder of International Church of the Foursquare Gospel)
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Margaret M. Poloma (University of Akron), "Charisma and Institutions: A Sociological Account of the `Toronto Blessing'
Also by Poloma, "Reviving Pentecostalism at the Millennium: The Harvest Rock Story
D.C. Talk

Tues., Nov. 23 Islam: History
Reading:
Young 216-221; Novak 7:13-15
CD: "Mecca", "The United States and Islam", "The Qur'an"
Exploring the Web:
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam
IslamiCity
Islamic Resources (at latif.com)
Barbara Von Schlegell's Resource Page for Islam and Islamic History
Muslim Student Association at the University of Buffalo

Thurs., Nov. 25 Thanksgiving--No Class

Tues., Nov. 30 Islam: Distinctive Teaching
Reading:
Young 221-229; Novak 7:1-2; 7:5-10; 7:45
Web: Sura 1; Sura 2; Sura 9; Sura 81; Sura 99; Sura 101
Exploring the Web:
Qur`an (M. H. Shakir)
Hadith: al-Bukhari Collection
Hadith: al-Muslim Collection

Thurs., Dec. 2 Islam: Sunni and Shia
Reading:
Young 229-239; Novak 7:21-34; 7:35-37, 7:40
CD: "Night Journey", "Sufis"
Exploring the Web:
List of Sufi-Related Resources on the Internet

Tues., Dec. 7 Islam: Modern Issues
Reading:
Time: "The Women of Islam" 32-35 (Dec. 3, 2001, p. 50-53)
CD: "Women and Islam", "Muslim Resurgence in Tartarstan"
Exploring the Web:
Women in Islam (Muslim perspective)
Usenet FAQ on Women in Islam
Gender Equity in Islam
A Declaration of Women's Rights in Islamic Studies
Interview with Taslima Nasrin (Musim Woman, Physician, Writer, Poet)
Speeches by Nasrin