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Course Catalogue Description: It will address, through contemporary interpretive models, topics of current and ongoing interest in relation to the understanding and role of women in the world’s religious traditions. In this course, we will learn about women in communities, groups, and/or social movements. In particular, we will look at how groups of women seek to change their own lives and societies by embracing or challenging religion. Topics to be covered: various women’s movements as understood in the context of conservative traditions, colonialism/postcolonialism, and social justice. Topics include, but are not limited to: women in conservative traditions such as Roman Catholicism, Theravada Buddhism, and Salafism; postcolonial and diasporic traditions including Candomblé, Hinduism, and trans-African Christianity; and social justice movements as related to Indigenous spiritualities and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Aims of the course: to enable students to critically engage in ideas about constructions of gender and gendered religious practices. Referencing Preferences: All written work must be cited in MLA or Chicago formatting. Please see the following web pages for guidelines: Chicago: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/chicago_manual_of_style_17th_edition.html MLA: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html COURSE REQUIREMENTS: All assignments will be graded for content, structure, style, grammar and punctuation. It is your responsibility to retain a copy of all assignments. Reading Responses are brief written responses to our readings and/or class discussions. Each submission should be 2-3 pages in length, double-spaced, 12 font, in Times New Roman and should be cited using MLA or Chicago formatting (see links provided above).Each Reading Response should address content that correlates with the schedule below. This means that your first Reading Response must address content related to readings and course lectures between September 7-22. You may use our discussion prompts as a basis for your Reading Responses or explore other facets of our content that interest you. You may link more than one reading/lecture together in your response or address only one. You may link our readings/discussions to your lived experiences or respond strictly to the text. The important thing here is that you show engagement with our materials and critically think about that content. Your grade for each Reading Response will be based on the following: Was your response to the reading substantive? That is, did you show evidence of working with our content material and think about it in a meaningful or new way? (8 pts) Did you meet the length requirement? (1 pt) Was your response relatively free of grammatical and spelling mistakes? (2 pts) Did you address materials that correlate with our schedule below? (1.5 pts) Feel free to email me with questions (or ask them in class) if you are unsure of how to proceed with your Reading Responses. 2