Last Week of Class (2012) – Bridge Building
by admin - December 2nd, 2012
For our last week of discussion sessions, please bring the Diana Eck book to class all three days – we will be reading and discussing Chapters 5, 6 and 7 and considering, first, the place of Muslims in America and then, the challenges posed to both civic and political life by religious pluralism, and finally, how to get closer as a society to the stance of “active acceptance” not just “passive toleration” that such diversity demands.
Monday 12/3 – Chapter 5 (American Muslims)
Two videos for today:
Wednesday 12/5 – Chapter 6 (Afraid of Ourselves)
Friday 12/7 – Chapter 7 (Bridge-Building) and final Friday Forum. Due in class: a short paper on Eck’s book (any chapter or section); the topic is open, but please provide analysis and discussion of a meaty/substantive question, rather than a simple “response” based on personal opinion or your own experiences.
The unit exam will be held on Mon 12/17 morning in our classroom. Arriving at 8:30 is not necessary, since the exam will not take the full 3 hours – coming at 9:00 is fine.