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Academic Year 2005/2006

Gender, Religion, and Society
RELI 114 FA

This course explores the relationship between gender, religion, and society through the lens of the following questions: 1) How does the gender of a diety affect - and how is it affected by - society's views of women and men? 2) When and how does religion serve as a means of oppressing women, and when and how does it provide ways to fight oppression? and 3) To what extent, if any, do the religious practices of men and women differ?

MAJOR READINGS

R.K. Narayan, THE RAMAYANA
Karen McCarthy Brown, MAMA LOLA: A VODOU PRIESTESS
Anne Pearson, 'BECAUSE IT GIVES ME PEACE OF MIND': RITUAL FASTS IN THE RELIGIOUS LIVES OF HINDU WOMEN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly 1-2 page essays; quizzes; short research paper, final exam.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS RELI    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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