Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
REL
Course Subject
REL
Course Number
1140
Course Section
01
Course Title
Women and Religion
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2015
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
D
Area of Study
REL, WSTD
Course Description
Goals: To introduce religious expressions of women and their role in religion; to analyze the roles religion plays in women's lives; to explore ways women influence as well as rethink religious traditions and shape them. Content: Cross-cultural examination of how religions function in women's lives and the leadership roles women take in religion; analysis of gender structures in religion; and examination of such concepts as spirituality, community, authority, relationship, and images of the divine. The specific religious traditions and the cultural contexts of the women may vary in different years. Taught: Alternate years. Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Wyant, Carissa, "REL1140-01.Women and Religion.F15.Wyant,Carissa" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 6183.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/6183