Saints, Sinners, and Sisters: Women and Religion in American History

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Why have women comprised the majority of American religious groups? What sorts of gender structures are central to religious groups in America? How have women's relationships to religious institutions changed over time? This course spans from the colonial era to the twentieth century; this course will focus on key periods in the formation of American women's relationship to religious ideas and institutions. Topics include: Native American women and colonialism; Puritan Women, Quakerism, Witchcraft Accusations, Evangelicalism American Catholic Life, Black Churches, Social Movements, Spiritualism, the Mormon Church, Jewish women in America, Fundamentalism, Muslim Women, Modern Witchcraft, Goddess Movements, and Buddhism.