THEO 278 - 003

Regular Academic Session

6084

Undergraduate

3 units

Graded Alpha

Prerequisites: THEO 100, THEO 107, or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.

This course will study the role of women in at least one (if not more) of the major world religious traditions.

Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the influence of religion on gender roles, and how women in the contemporary world are reinterpreting their religious traditions.

Prerequisite: THEO 100 or THEO 107 or equivalent.

Tier 2 Theological Knowledge
Women & Gender Studies

This course explores the relationship between gender and religion. Often understood as mutually exclusive categories, this course will uncover various nuances that contribute to the social construction of both of these categories. This course will engage contemporary scholarship that seeks to understand this relationship in regard to various intersecting histories. Beyond religion and gender, this course will also explore various intersecting lines of research: colonialism, law, politics, and more. Throughout the course, we will constantly ask, what is gender? what is religion? what is the context we are currently studying? how does this context impact my understanding of gender? religion? This course will begin within the US context and Christian lineages, but quickly will transition to global and inter-religious perspectives. Additionally, students will engage secondary materials that address the themes of gender and religion. While possessing capacious analytical value on their own, this course will assert that a different form of analysis is uncovered when we explore the intersections of religion and gender.

Devorah Schoenfeld

TuTh 1:00PM - 2:15PM

01/13/2025 - 04/26/2025

In person

Water Tower Campus

Water Tower Campus

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