14249 Seminar

SoSe 17: (S) Religious Debates in the Medieval Middle East

Krisztina Szilagyi

Kommentar

Discussions of religious topics were a common feature of life in the medieval Middle East, in both spontaneous and organized form. Muslim notables, even caliphs, sometimes entertained and educated themselves with sessions of religious debates. For such occasions they occasionally invited not only Muslims of various theological persuasions, but others as well: Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians and materialists. These encounters left manifold traces in the literary record, often as texts claiming to be straightforward reports of them. In this course, we will study the phenomenon of debating religion in the medieval Middle East through accounts of disputations and other relevant primary sources written by Muslims, Jews and Christians. We will discuss, among other general matters, the social and intellectual context of the debates, and the technique and the education of the disputants as represented in the texts. We will devote several sessions to examining specific topics recurrent in the primary sources, such as the criteria of the true religion, the nature of God, sexual ethics and rituals. We will conclude with a glance at the changes first modernity and westernization, and more recently globalization and online communication wrought on debating religion. Schließen

14 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mi, 19.04.2017 - Mi, 19.07.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 26.04.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 03.05.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 10.05.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 17.05.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 24.05.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 31.05.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 07.06.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 14.06.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 21.06.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 28.06.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 05.07.2017 15:00 - 16:30

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Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 12.07.2017 15:00 - 16:30

Dozenten:
Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

Mi, 19.07.2017 15:00 - 16:30

Dozenten:
Dr. Krisztina Szilagyi

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