An examination of two interrelated issues, namely, the influences that religions have on women and the influences that women have on religions. Students will see expressions of these influences in women’s art, women’s writings, and women’s actions in the world.

Video Analysis: The Burning Times and Goddess Remembered
Muslim Women in America: Hijab, Arranged Marriage and Segregated Worship

Castelli, Elizabeth A. and Rosamond C. Rodman. Women, Gender, Religion: A Reader.
Jung, Patricia Beattie et. al. Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World’s Religions.
Moghissi, Haideh. Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis.
McElvaine, Robert S. Eve’s Seed: Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History.