RELS 3200:Religion and Gender

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or RELS 1102
This course focuses on gender as a category of analysis for the study of religion, the relationship between religion and sexuality, and how religion informs gender and how gender informs religion. Some topics covered may include the construction of male and female roles in religious texts and rituals, feminist critique of religion and/or the uses and abuses of gendered imagery and language in religious discourse.