Morality and Health: Religion, Bodies, and Biomedicine (FYS)
RELI 176F
Fall 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
STS 176F |
We often think of religion and medicine as diametrically opposed. Faith, prayer, and alternative health methods can seem incompatible with science and biomedical care. Yet, throughout most of human history, religion and health have been intimately intertwined. And they still are. The ways that we treat our bodies--individual and collective--are often influenced by religious ideas, moral systems, and embodied spiritual practices. This course explores differing religious approaches to life, personhood, and death. We will ask how race, gender, and sexuality intermix with religiously derived ideas about morality and health. Readings will cover birthing, dying, healing pilgrimages, self-help, organ transplantation, Artificial Reproductive Technologies, vaccination, and more. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
None |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
No books required for purchase for this course.
Selected readings from:
Nancy T. Ammerman, STUDYING LIVED RELIGION
Stephanie Bird, THE HEALING POWER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY
Edward Curtis IV, ¿Embodying the Nation of Islam¿
Susannah Crockford, RIPPLES OF THE UNIVERSE
Lindsay W. Glassman, ¿In the Lord¿s Hands: Divine Healing and Embodiment in a Fundamentalist Christian Church¿
Lynne Gerber, SEEKING THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW
Liuan Huska, HURTING YET WHOLE
Pamela Klassen, BLESSED EVENTS
Arthur Kleinman, THE ILLNESS NARRATIVES
Sharon R. Kaufman, AND A TIME TO DIE
Margaret Lock, TWICE DEAD
Sara Moslener, VIRGIN NATION
Jonathan Metzl, DYING OF WHITENESS
Nancy Tomes, THE GOSPEL OF GERMS
Robert Orsi, HISTORY AND PRESENCE
Jeff Wilson, MINDFUL AMERICA
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly low stakes reading quizzes to be completed before second class meeting of the week
3 Think-Piece Essays (3 pages / 750 words)
Final Research Paper (10 pages / 2,500 words)
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course counts as an "additional course" for the Religion major/minor |
| Instructor(s): Ganga Kieffer,Kira Lena Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: OLIN204; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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