Catholicism and Gender

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Course description: This course is an introduction to the issues that foregrounding a critical discussion of gender brings to the study of Christian, and particularly Catholic, theology. It is an investigation of both the elements of Catholic Christian theology and contemporary – often contested -- understandings of gender, asking how these two challenge one another. To do this we will trace the history of recent feminist theology, including critical insights from mujerista and womanist thinkers situated in the U.S., interleaving this with the more recent analyses of masculinity that address both the patriarchal tradition of Catholic Christianity and the feminist response.