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Class number:
2906
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Title: Gender, Sex and Christianity |
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Department: Humanities Gateway |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 8 |
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Available seats: 11 |
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Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 |
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End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, LSC - 131 |
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Instructor(s): Jones, Tamsin |
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Prerequisite(s): Only students in the Humanities Gateway Program are allowed to enroll in this course. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
Course Description:
This course explores a variety of Christian teachings on gender and sexuality, with a particular focus on women and queerness within the tradition. We will consider the way Christianity sought to normalize certain constructions of gender, the body, and sexuality, while also retrieving alternative Christian concepts and performances that complicate and challenge the norm. We will draw on classical/biblical, medieval, and modern sources from a variety of genres in our discussions: art, philosophical and theological treatises, legal manuals, prayers and hymns, hagiography, poetry, novels and film. Topics include the role of erotic desire and gender fluidity in Christian spirituality; asceticism and celibacy; martyrdom and self-sacrifice; grief, motherhood, and marriage; mystics and witches; and the battle to control reproduction. |