TH 258 TH & Gender: Images, Tradition & Discourse

Cultural Diversity. Faith & Reason-Theology. This course examines how gender-with its pervasive historical-cultural meanings-has given shape to and challenged Christianity. It studies how biblical texts, religious practices and traditions, and theological discourse have been skewed through a "patriarch-ization" of Christianity. It critically examines how becoming androcentric has eclipsed the experience of women and even led to their oppression. Finally the course explores how various forms of feminist theologies attempt to incorporate the experience of women, to retrieve their contributions, and to enrich Christianity with many new and life-giving symbols, forms of thought and ways of living.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

GNDR 258

Prerequisite

Take TH 101.

Corequisite

Take CORE 110 or HNR 150 or an OC, Oral Communication, course previously or concurrently.

Distribution

CD,CL,THE

Offered

Even Year Spring Semester