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RELG 261 - Gender Theory and the Study of Religion

3 HU, CD

First Semester.  This course will examine the various ways in which feminist scholars bring gender issues to the academic study of religion. Topics to be addressed will include: feminist critiques of androcentrism in "classic" theories of religion; methods for the historical retrieval of suppressed women's voices in historical texts; sociological and ethnographical approaches to investigating women's marginalized ritual practices; feminist approaches to philosophy of religion and theology.



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Enrollment Limit: 35.
Ms. Kamitsuka

Credits: 3 hours
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