| Course Title: Womanist Religious Thought |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: As a conceptual framework which reconsiders the rituals, scriptures, and allegiances of religious Black women, womanist thought has expanded the interdisciplinary canon of Black and feminist religious studies. This course is a survey of womanist religious scholars from multiple religious traditions: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Yoruba-Ifa -- as well as theorists who understand womanism as a "spiritual but not religious" orientation. Course participants will use the interpretive touchstones of cross-culturalism, erotics, earthcare, and health -- among others -- to examine contemporary womanist religious thought. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Meredith Coleman-Tobias   |           | mfcoleman@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023   | Discussion   | Monday   | 01:30PM - 04:20PM   | ART - Art   | 219   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| None |           |           |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| CRPE0001   | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.   |
| CRPE0002   | CRPE-2: Africana Studies - Major Pathway/Minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Africana Studies major pathway and the CRPE Africana Studies minor.   |
| AFCNA0001   | AFCNA: Africana Studies major   | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor.   |
| AFCNA0001   | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| RELIG-246-01 Womanist Religious Thought   |
| GNDST-210WR-01 Womanist Religious Thought   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 14     | Available: 4     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| Title: The Color Purple Author: Walker, Alice Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780143135692 Publisher: Penguin Books |
Required   | 17.00   |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |