- Change and Tradition -

    - CHINA & ISLAM -

 General Links about Change and Tradition  

  What is the Change and Tradition program all about? Visit the C&T Home Page to find out!

  The C&T writing guide

  C&T Course Information

  The syllabus (with web links) for James McGrath's C & T class

  Introduction: Understanding and Studying Other Cultures

  My blog    My Home Page

China

General links about China

Topic #1  Introducing China: History, Geography, and Culture

Topic #2  General concepts (such as Yin and Yang)

Topic #3  Ode to King Wen

Topic #4  Biographies of Assassin-Retainers

Topic #5  Chinese Religions and Philosophies (Confucianism & Taoism)

Topic #6  Modern China

Topic #7  Ha Jin, The Bridegroom ("After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town" and "Flame")

[Topic #8  Ha Jin, In the Pond]

Islam

General links about Islam and the Middle East

Topic #1  The Quest for the Historical Muhammad

Topic #2  The Qur'an

Topic #3  The Hadith

Topic #4  Muslim Law: Fiqh

                                                                            Topic #5  Women in Islam

                                                                            Topic #6  Sufism and the Poetry of Rumi

                                                                            Topic #7  Layla & Majnun

                                                                            Topic #8  Modern Egypt

                                                                            Topic #9  Islamic Fundamentalism (incl. Israel & Palestine)