Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: GENDER AND POLITICIZED RELIGION

Department: Religion

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course examines the emergence of religion-based politics in various Asian countries-particularly Hindu and Muslim-focusing on the women participants in these movements as well as the movements' concerns with gender roles in society. We will investigate, for instance, the extant to which women participants have been willing or able to reshape the central ideas of such movements. Credit may not be received for both RELI 285 and RELI 341. Cross-list: ASIA 340, SWGS 340, Equivalency: RELI 285. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for RELI 341 if student has credit for RELI 285.