September 6, 2002
A Professor Tries to Give Students a Balanced Picture of Islam
After the September 11 attacks, enrollment doubled in Kathryn M. Kueny's courses on Islam at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wis. Now, the numbers are back to normal, but Ms. Kueny, an associate professor of religious studies, says her work has changed.
Q. How do you approach the teaching of Islamic studies?
A. I'm a historian of religion. I've always taken a very critical approach to all religions. I kind of faced this dilemma with Islam. On the one hand, you don't want to be
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