| Course Title: Topics in Religion: 'Reimagining American Religious History: Race, Gender, and Alterity' |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: This course invites its participants to place critical race and gender studies perspectives in dialogue with the emergence of new religious movements in the United States. Course participants rely on the presupposition that only through a thorough examination of religious traditions on the 'margin' can we fully understand the textured meaning of American religious history as a sub-discipline. Privileging the founding stories and institutionalization of minoritized American religious groups, the course considers how subaltern voices have shaped and transformed American religious life. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| 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 |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:00AM - 10:15AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 212 | 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. |
| CRPE0003 | CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought major | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CRPE0007 | CRPE-RE: Representation Courses | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Representation requirement. |
| PRI0001 | Used to identify primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| RELIG-225NR-01 Reimagining Amer. Relig. Hist |
| GNDST-210NR-01 Reimagining Amer. Relig. Hist |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 20 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam Author: Taylor, Ula Yvette Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781469633930 Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press |
Required | 29.95 |
| Title: Virtual Orientalism Author: Iwamura, Jane Naomi Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780199738618 Publisher: Oxford Press |
Required | 46.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |