Gender Studies 333T - Sex & the Early Church

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Michael Penn
MW 01:15PM-02:30PM
Mount Holyoke College
87554
Shattuck Hall 217
mpenn@mtholyoke.edu
86951,87554
'This course examines the various ways first- through fifth-century Christians addressed questions regarding human sexuality. We will concentrate on the rise of sexual asceticism and pay particular attention to the relationship between sexuality and issues of gender, culture, power, and resistance. Primary readings will include letters, narrative accounts of female and male ascetics, monastic rules, and 'heretical' scriptures. These will be supplemented by modern scholarship in early Christian studies and the history of sexuality.'
Prereq: one course in Religion or Gender Studies
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.