From Silvers

Contents 1 Quick Link to Page on The Danish Cartoon Fiasco 2 Silvers at the Skidmore Dept. of Philosophy and Religion 3 Contact Laury Silvers 3.1 for students only 4 Academic Resources on the Study of Islam 4.1 Weapons against Canards 5 Courses 5.1 What You Can Expect 5.2 100/INTRODUCTORY 5.3 Religion and Culture 5.4 200/INTERMEDIATE 5.5 Theory and Method in the Study of Religion 5.5.1 Click there > Theory and Method syllabus 5.6 Islam 5.6.1 Click there > Islam syllabus 5.7 Western Religions 5.7.1 Click there > Western Religions syllabus 5.8 300/ADVANCED 5.9 Comparative Mysticisms 5.9.1 Click there > Comparative Mysticisms syllabus 5.10 Sufism 5.10.1 Click there > Sufism syllabus 5.11 Myth and Imagination 5.11.1 Click there > Myth syllabus 5.12 Introduction to the Islamic Religious Sciences 5.12.1 Click there > IIRS page 5.13 On the Nature of Consent and Rape 5.13.1 On Rape 6 Notes to Site 6.1 A Note on "Fair Use" 6.2 Working on the Wiki

Quick Link to Page on The Danish Cartoon Fiasco

(click that title right up there)

Silvers at the Skidmore Dept. of Philosophy and Religion

Contact Laury Silvers

• Laury Silvers
  
• Curriculum Vitae
• Assistant Professor of Religion
• Department of Philosophy and Religion
• Ladd 212
• e-mail: lsilvers@skidmore.edu

• I am on sabbatical for the 2007-8 academic year

for students only

• Students, please e-mail me anytime. Please e-mail when you have a question about the reading or a paper, whatever it is, whenever it is. I live by the proverb, "A stitch in time, saves nine." I will usually respond within a few hours, if not then by the next day. I usually stop checking my e-mail around 9 PM.

• My office hours change every semester. Please consult the syllabus for your course.

• Personal note:

Although I seem rather friendly after the initial scare wears off, do not lower your guard. In particular, take care at locations such as Uncommon Grounds or various feeding troughs around town. Please respect my time off-campus and I'll respect yours. In other words, if I find you drunk on Caroline St. I may say "hello" and laugh at your sorry state, but I will not start asking you questions about the reading. So if you find me swilling coffee at Uncommon or eating Sushi at Mino's, say "hello" and laugh at my sorry state, but don't ask me questions about the reading. Take my interest in professional wrestling very seriously and know that I am not your friend.

• Personal note addendum: Take a look at the main site this subdomain is on. It is the website for my work as a Progressive Muslim activist.

Academic Resources on the Study of Islam

• So you want to be an Islamicist? See these graduate programs in the study of Islam collected and maintained by the Department of Religious Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• On-line Qur'an Resources collected by Daniel Varisco (Hofstra) and Bruce Lawrence (Duke).

• The NITLE Arab Culture and Civilization project is an extraordinarily rich resource of sources on the Arab world.

• Alan Godlas' Islam Resources site is a portal for links, bibliographies, and articles on all areas of the study of Islam.

• Take a look at the growing Islam Openpedia. If you know something, leave an entry.

Weapons against Canards

Canard 1: "No Muslim has ever denounced terrorism"

Canard 2: Muslims do not engage in self-critical analysis with respect to the sources of terror in their own community and intellectual tradition.

Courses

What You Can Expect

• Grading Policy
• How I grade Papers
• Submitting Papers
• Class Participation
• Critical Reading and Discussion

Each class may have additional assignments. Make sure and read the syllabus carefully.

100/INTRODUCTORY

Religion and Culture

Click there > Religion and Culture syllabus

200/INTERMEDIATE

Theory and Method in the Study of Religion

Click there > Theory and Method syllabus

Islam

Click there > Islam syllabus

Western Religions

Click there > Western Religions syllabus

300/ADVANCED

Comparative Mysticisms

Click there > Comparative Mysticisms syllabus

Sufism

Click there > Sufism syllabus

Myth and Imagination

Click there > Myth syllabus

Introduction to the Islamic Religious Sciences

Click there > IIRS page

On the Nature of Consent and Rape

On Rape

Notes to Site

A Note on "Fair Use"

I am a member of the Electronic Freedom Foundation. EFF fights for civil rights in the realm of digital information, innovation, and technology on line.

• Look at their discussion "Understanding Fair Use Rights"

The articles and readings I have posted on this site conform to EFF's summary guidelines of fair use as I understand them.

• "The copyright statute lists four factors to balance together on a case-by-case basis to determine if a particular use would be considered fair. The law's language does not preclude consideration of other factors however. The factors to consider include:

1. The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes -- Courts are more likely to find fair use where the use is for noncommercial purposes.

2. The nature of the copyrighted work -- A particular use is more likely to be fair where the copied work is factual rather than creative.

3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole -- A court will balance this factor toward a finding of fair use where the amount taken is small or insignificant in proportion to the overall work.

4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work -- If the court finds the newly created work is not a substitute product for the copyrighted work, it will be more likely to weigh this factor in favor of fair use."

Working on the Wiki

If you are working on the site, then you'll need to read Laury's Rules for Wiki Work

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