RELG 365 - Seminar: Religion and the Body


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

This seminar uses current theories about gender, sexuality, and religious experience as lenses for investigating how religion represents and regulates women's and men's bodies. Issues to be addressed include: suffering and medieval Christian asceticism, religious perspectives on women's bleeding and birthing, gender and sexuality in Buddhism.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: M. Kamitsuka
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes


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