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RST 251 - Gender and Religion

Description
How do different religious traditions define and enforce gender identities and sexuality norms? In this course, students will read primary religious source texts as well as writings by historians, anthropologists, and feminist theologians. We will examine the ways that various religious traditions construct hetero-patriarchal dominance, gendering the human body through text and ritual. Using the insights of feminist theologians, we will read against the grain of scriptural sources, looking for subversive gender identities and feminine conceptions of divinity in order to ask: Can feminism and religion co-exist? Same as JST/WGS 251 .
Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
HUMA Gen Ed: Humanities Requirement
Major:Women’s,Gender,Sexuality


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