This is a Sample Syllabus, which can and will change from semester to semester, for
Relg 318-001
Katharina
von Kellenbach
Professor of Religious Studies
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Goal:
An introduction to the feminist critique and reclamation of religion(s). Major feminist thinkers from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions will be discussed as they revise central religious concepts of God, revelation, morality and tradition. This course is open to men and women who are interested in wrestling with such question, as the gender of God (should God be imagined/ be spoken of as male, female, neither and what are the respective implications?), the nature of revelation(how does one experience the sacred (in sacred scriptures in the hands of men, nature, community?)
Requirements:
Students are expected to attend classes regularly (3 absences are allowed, each additional absence affects the final grade), read the assigned material and engage in thoughtful discussion. Attendance and thoughtful participation will account for 10% of the final grade.
There are four essays in which students are asked to address the issues raised in the previous section of the class. These essays should present student’s own critical theological thinking; they will be read and discussed in class. Each essay accounts for 20% of the final grade.
- A small research project and oral presentation in class will account for 10% of the final grade.
Books (these book may change next time this course will be taught):
Mary Daly, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation, 1973
Carol Christ and Judith Plaskow, Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality, 1989
Judith Plaskow, Standing Again At Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective, 1990
Luise Schottroff, Let the Oppressed Go Free: Feminist Perspectives on the New Testament, 1992
Leilah Ahmed, Women and Gender in Islam, 1992
Nawal al Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
Toni Morrison, Beloved
Syllabus (as developed for the fall of 96; this course will be different next time it will be taught):
Beginnings: The Feminist Critique
M 9/2: Introduction
W 9/4: Mary Daly, Beyond God the Father, p. 1-44
F 9/6: Mary Daly, p. 44-68
M 9/9: Mary Daly, p. 69-97
Naming the Sacred
W 9/11: Walker and Griffin, in Weaving the Visions, p.101-110
F 11/13: Morton and Downing, in Weaving, p. 111-127
M 9/16: McFague and Ruether, in Weaving, p. 139-162
W 9/18: Falk, in Weaving, p. 128-139
F 9/20: Essay
Our Heritage is Our Power
M 9/23: Introduction to Judaism
W 9/25: Plaskow, Standing Again at Sinai, vii-24
F 9/27: Plaskow, Standing, p.25-75
M 9/30: Plaskow, Standing, p.75-121
W 10/2: Plaskow, Standing, p.121-170
F 10/4: Plaskow, Standing, p.170-211
M 10/7: Schottroff, Let the Oppressed, p. 35-60
W 10/9: Schottroff, Let the Oppressed, p.
F 10/11: Schottroff, Let the Oppressed, p.
M 10/14: Schottroff, Let the Oppressed, p.
W 10/16: Schottroff, Let the Oppressed, p.
F 10/18: Essay
Global Justice for Women
M 10/21: The Global Assembly Line
W 10/23: handout
F 10/25: Pamela Brubaker, guest speaker on global justice
M 10/28: Towards a feminist theology of liberation
W 10/30: Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
F 11/1: Ahmed, Women and Gender in Islam, p. 11-64
M 11/4: Ahmed, Women, p. 64-79,144-169
W 11/6: Ahmed, Women, p. 208-249
F 11/8: Essay
Self in Relation
M 11/11: Harrison, The Morality of Abortion, handout
W 11/13: cont.
F 11/15: Ecofeminism, Christ in Weaving, p. 314-326, and handout
M 11/18: Lorde and Heyward in Weaving, p. 208-214, 293-302
W 11/20: Brown in Weaving, p. 226-235
F 11/22: Thistlethwaite in Weaving, p, 302-314
M 11/25: Essay
THANKSGIVING RECESS
Redeeming the World
M 12/2: Cannon, in Weaving, p. 281-293
W 12/4: Brown, in Weaving, p.226-235
F 12/6: Teish, in Weaving, p.87-93
M 12/9: Toni Morrison, Beloved
W 12/11: cont.
F 12/13: Essay
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