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Women in World Religions - course description

General information
Course name Women in World Religions
Course ID 08.9-WH-UZ-K-WWR-1
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Field of study WH - oferta ERASMUS / Culture Studies
Education profile -
Level of studies First-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2024/2025
Course information
Semester 2
ECTS credits to win 5
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr hab. Piotr Bylica, prof. UZ
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

Acquaintance with diversity of roles played by women in world religions, their mythology, and doctrines .

Prerequisites

None.

Scope

Women, feminity, female element in
1) Prehistoric religions and shamanism,
2) Confucianism,
3) Taoism,
4) Hinduism,
5) Buddhism,
6) Religion of Zoroaster,
7) Judaism,
8) Christianity,
9) Islam.

Teaching methods

Talk, lecture, work with sources, discussion, usage of multimedia technologies.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Particular classes will be ranking according to activity, multimedia presentation and verbal test.

Recommended reading

"Women." In The Islamic World: Past and Present. Ed. John L. Esposito. Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Apr 11, 2018.

Basharat, Tahira (July–December 2009). "The Contemporary Hindu Women of India: An Overview" (PDF). A Research Journal of South Asian Studies. 24: 244.

Carmody Denise Lardner, Women and world religions, Prentice-Hall, 1989.

Dunn, S. & Kellison, R. B. "At the Intersection of Scripture and Law: Qur'an 4:34 and Violence against Women." Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, vol. 26 no. 2, 2010, pp. 11-36. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/394785.

Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History, ABC-CLIO, https://susandegaia.weebly.com/

Hindu, The White (2014-06-05). "The Truth About Women and Hinduism". The White Hindu. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Sharma Arvind (ed.) , Women in World Religions, SUNY Press, 1987.

Sharma Arvind (ed.), Women Saints in World Religions, State Univ of New York , 2000.

Sirimanne, Chand (November 2016). "Buddhism and Women - Dhamma has no Gender". Journal of International Women's Studies. 18: 275.

The Christian Woman- - the role of women in the home, church and society". atlanta.clclutheran.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

Further reading

Notes


Modified by dr Paweł Walczak, prof. UZ (last modification: 10-12-2024 13:17)