WOMEN AND RELIGION

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This course on women and religion will focus on the intersections of power and oppression that women experience in four of the major world religions - Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. Students will examine the historical, cultural and religious contexts that highlight women's involvement or exclusion from activity and power within each religion. Students will research case studies from around the world to examine tensions within and between religious and secular societies through the lens of gender. (Cross-listed with RELI 8606 ).