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RELG 366 - Seminar: Feminist Interpretations of Evil

Next Offered: 2008-09
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, WRi

Against the backdrop of traditional philosophical and theological discussions of evil and good, sin, theodicy, and suffering, this seminar examines how current scholars are revisiting these issues in light of women’s multiple oppressions and their efforts to find meaning and paths of resistance. Issues to be discussed include: “men’s” vs. “women’s” sin; Goddess spirituality and the reality of evil; affliction and atheism; religious responses to structural evils such as racism, sexism, heterosexism. Consent of the instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Instructor: M. Kamitsuka
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