Huston Smith: Islam

Huston Smith: Reading

Begin your reading of Smith. You task is to focus on the main ideas of each of Smith’s sections. For each section (the Bolded Titles within the chapters) you are to come up with the FIVE main ideas of that section. To do this you are to make a question out of the heading – the five points should address the question or help answer the question. When you complete the section, you are to develop a thesis statement / summary of the section. Post your responses on your blog.

Part I: page 221 – 231 (ending at “The Standing Miracle”)

Part II: page 231 (start with the standing miracle) – 242 (ending at the Five Pillars)

Part III: page 242 (start with Five Pillars) – 257 (ending with Sufism)

Part IV: page 257 (start with Sufism) – 268