HUMA 1845 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Banu Hashim, Axial Age, Khawarij

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1845
• Professor: Marta Simidchieva

Document Summary

Normative: approach taken by scholars, think they know the way of god (accepted rule) Non-normative: they do not compare norms of 1 religion to another, and describes what believers believe. (can still be bias) Historical truth: has origins and has been recorded by history; there is proof and evident facts. Religious truth: is the interpretation of the bible (or any other religious text) that is not necessarily literal. Great traditions: passed down by scholars (official religion) Little tradition: apply great tradition principles in their own lives (the way people practice) Oriental studies (cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)es f(cid:396)o(cid:373) lati(cid:374), (cid:858)o(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:859) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)he(cid:396)e su(cid:374) (cid:396)ises/sets. E(cid:373)phasis o(cid:374) stud(cid:455) of (cid:862)isla(cid:373)i(cid:272)(cid:863) la(cid:374)guages, p(cid:396)epa(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:272)al editio(cid:374)s; (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) histo(cid:396)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d philology. First major attempt to study non-european cult; japan, china, morocco, south asia. Western scholarship draws on pre-modern muslim scholarship. Civil servants sent to mughal india; entry point to muslim civilization. Western scholarship becomes critical of pre-modern muslim scholarship.