- Goddesses and Other Powerful Women

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An examination of the feminine divine as it finds expression in cultures across space and time. As a comparative investigation of goddesses in selected societies, we will read myths, ethnographies and scholarly studies that explore the theological and political possibilities of female divinity. We will also explore how people in particular socio-historical contexts – scholars, people of faith, men, women and nonbinary individuals - have drawn on goddess mythology, symbolism and ritual in order to challenge, or justify, established norms surrounding gender, race, religion and power.