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RELG 261 - Gender Theory and the Study of Religion


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexulaity, and Feminst Studies
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD
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.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: M. Kamitsuka

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