Christianity and Sexuality
RELI 379
Fall 2020
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 309, MDST 379 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Queer Studies |
This course will explore a range of Christian teachings on, attitudes toward, and technologies of sex and sexuality. We will read medieval and modern theologies of gender and sex, as well as contemporary historical, sociological, cultural, and literary studies. Points of focus will include confession, mysticism, marriage, celibacy, queer and trans* practices, politics, identities, and reproductive justice. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RELI |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST)(FGSS)(MDST)(MDST-Art/Arch)(MDST-History)(MDST-Lang/Lit)(MDST-Phil/Reli)(RELI-MN)(RELI)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
St. Paul, LETTER TO THE ROMANS
St. Augustine, CITY OF GOD
Thomas Aquinas, SUMMA THEOLOGIAE
Jennifer Knust, UNPROTECTED TEXTS
Karen King, THE GOSPEL OF MARY MAGDALA
Erin Runions, THE BABYLON COMPLEX: THEOPOLITICAL FANTASIES OF WAR, SEX, & SOVEREIGNTY
Ifi Amadiume, MALE DAUGHTERS, FEMALE HUSBANDS: GENDER AND SEX IN AN AFRICAN SOCIETY
Kelly Brown Douglas, SEXUALITY AND THE BLACK CHURCH
Tamura Lomax, JEZEBEL UNHINGED: LOOSING THE BLACK FEMALE BODY IN RELIGION & CULTURE
Mark Jordan, THE INVENTION OF SODOMY IN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
Marcella Althaus-Reid, INDECENT THEOLOGY
Brintnall, et. al., SEXUAL DISORIENTATIONS
Anthony Petro, BEYOND ACCOUNTABILITY: THE QUEER ARCHIVE OF CATHOLIC SEXUAL ABUSE
Melissa Wilcox, QUEER NUNS
Judith Brown, IMMODEST ACTS
Pritchard & Ott, eds., TRANSING & QUEERING FEMINIST STUDIES OF RELIGION
Paul B. Preciado, TESTO JUNKIE: SEX, DRUGS, & BIOPOLITICS IN THE PHARMACOPORNOGRAPHIC ERA
Maggie Nelson, THE ARGONAUTS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Full attendance and participation, three short papers (5 pages ea.), one research project (~20 pages). |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the "Thematic Approaches" requirement for the Religion Department major. |
| Instructor(s): Goodwin,Winfield Times: .M.W... 01:00PM-02:20PM; Location: ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 5 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 0 |
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