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HDS 2103

Religion, Secularism, Feminism

Lucinda Ramberg

Description

After reading classic texts in the anthropology and history of religion, this course considers the claim by Talal Asad, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Richard King that 'religion' as a cross cultural trans-historical category universalizes specifically European and Christian conceptions of the human, secular time and liberal politics. We will examine recent ethnographies as possible interpretations of the present that do not ground themselves in the presumption of rationalism and secularity as the proper political teleology of modernity and feminist emancipation. Throughout the course we will attend to questions of gender, subjectivity and the body

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes

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Scheduling

Half Course
Fall 2009
M., 2-4
Andover Hall, Room 117

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Philosophy of Religion Religion and the Social Sciences Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	South Asian Religions
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	none
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 2
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a