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RELS 258-01, Women in World Religions, Spring 2006
Streete, Gail P.
Streete, Gail P.
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Abstract
The course is an introduction to the religious beliefs, practices, and expressions of the major and
some of the tribal religious traditions of the world, as they apply particularly to women. The methodology
of the course is phenomenological: that is, insofar as possible, we will examine these traditions and the
place of women within them “as they appear.” To this end, we will use first-person narratives extensively,
as we listen to what women themselves reveal about the meaning of their own traditions for them, or how
men have described the place of women within a religious tradition. The purpose of the course is twofold:
first, to make the “unfamiliar familiar” by outlining religious traditions that may be unfamiliar to or
misunderstood by most; second, to make the “familiar unfamiliar” by looking at religious traditions
familiar to most “from the outside.” There will be some preliminary outlining of each religious tradition in
lecture form at the beginning of each topical section; then our discussions will focus upon the readings
assigned, the films viewed, or the presentations made.
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This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor