FIU Department of Religious Studies

This course will examine the treatment of women within major religions of the world, theories for that treatment,and patterns of women's response, both resistance and adaptation, to their treatment within religions.

This online section may require an on-campus midterm and/or final exam. This information will be stated in your course syllabus.

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Upon sucessful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe what the sacred texts of world religions have said about women;
Identify what roles have been assigned to women within world religions in various time periods;
Recognize and explain the patterns in women's religious lives and how they respond to exclusion from central areas of the tradition, or from gender-based assignments within the tradition; and
Describe the contemporary issues of women within the religions of the world.

Dr. Gudorf:

Received her MA, MPhil, and PhD from Columbia University in 1979, then taught at Xavier University as Asst, Assoc. and Full Professor from 1978-1993, when she began at FIU, where she is Full Professor.
Published seven books and over a hundred articles; sexual ethics is one of her research specializations.

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Samsul Maarif

MA 2003, Center for Religion and Cross-cultural Studies, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
MA 2005, Dept of Religious Studies, FIU
ABD in Dept of Religion, Arizona State University

This course was created by Dr. Christine Gudorf; the lectures are by her. Mr. Maarif is the Instructor this semester.

Unspoken Worlds
Nancy Falk and Rita Gross,
Wadsworth, 3rd Edition, 2001.

ISBN-10: 0-534-51570-3
ISBN-13: 9780534515706

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It is highly recommended that students who have never taken a fully online course attend one of our orientations. In addition to providing you with useful tips and techniques to ensure your success, the orientation will cover the fundamentals of learning online and how to get started.

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Please note that we offer our FIU Online tutorial via the web. If you are unable to attend one of our on-campus orientations please click here to view the tutorial.