REL 5110 - Women in Religion

Drawing together materials from many religious traditions, this course explores religion’s effect on women and women’s effect on religion. It attends especially to women’s roles in traditions studied - both roles allotted to women and roles women shape for themselves. It also traces repeating patterns in women’s religious experience and evaluates common explanations for such patterns.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Undergraduates with Junior status may enroll in 5000-level courses.