Mar 29, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21 [Archived Catalog]

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CLWR 4430 - Women and Religion


Examines images and roles of women in major world religious traditions. We will study religious ideology and its role in shaping social life, the many ways in which women exercise authority in religious traditions, the ways in which women have been innovative in those traditions, and the ways in which women have reinterpreted and re-appropriated patriarchal texts and structures. Students will apply the insights gained in this examination to a project of their own choosing, which should result in a research paper. Students will also have opportunities to increase their understanding of their own religious choices and of religious phenomena more generally.

Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Critically examine how various aspects of religion, concepts of the divine, formal doctrines, traditional practices, myths and symbols, and widely held beliefs affect the social, political, psychological, and spiritual development of women.
  • Explore women’s experience, role, and status in major world religions.
  • Make connections between the issues raised by feminist critics of religion and our own spiritual journeys.
  • Recognize and discuss basic concepts in women’s studies and religious studies.



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