Women's Studies in Religion Seminar

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TAUGHT BY GTU. ONLINE This seminar (required for students in the GTU Certificate in Women's Studies and open to all interested students) explores and analyzes emerging themes and issues in women's studies in religion, focusing on those that intersect with race, sexuality, gender, ethnicity, class, culture, nationality, and religious expression. This course will provide the theoretical groundwork and common vocabulary for students interested in pursuing women's studies and womanist, feminist, and Mujerista scholarship in theology/religious studies. The course introduces the issues raised by the field of women's studies and explores how these issues relate to the study of religion. Evaluation based on Moodle participation, weekly written posts, he leadership of class discussion, and final project and presentation. This course is open to all degree programs at the GTU and has an inter-religious orientation. This seminar will be taught synchronously on-line on Zoom.