Critical Social Thought 349CH - Childhood & Children in Relig

This course explores a diversity of religious;approaches to the meaning of childhood and the;nature of children. We critically examine;influential writings, rituals and liturgy,;fiction, and other types of literature to;understand the construction of childhood as;distinctive life stage that entails special;rights and responsibilities. We will also examine;how gender, power, race, social structures, and;economic arrangements produce divergent;understandings of what it means to be a;child.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors