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Description: MCCCD Approval:
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REL291 2009
Spring – 2009 Fall |
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3.0 Credit(s) |
3.0 Period(s) |
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Religion and
Sexuality |
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Exploration of the perspectives of various religious traditions on human sexuality. Includes consideration of all aspects of sexual practice as well as its incorporation into religious discourse and practice and its impact on social norms and structures. Prerequisites: Student must be 18 years or older and permission of instructor or
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies: |
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REL291 2009 Spring – 2009 Fall |
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1. Analyze
the role religion plays in the formation of sexual identity. (I) 2. Describe
the impact of religion on the development of societal sexual standards. (I,
II) 3. Consider
the impact of demographic, economic, environmental and political shifts on
the sexual values and attitudes of religions. (II) 4. Describe
the sexual values and attitudes embodied in the art, literature and rituals
of various religions. (III) 5. Describe
the interaction between religious definitions of the rights and roles of men
and women and definitions of acceptable and unacceptable sexual practice.
(III) 6. Compare
the sexual values and attitudes of cultures holding varying definitions of
“divinity.”(III, IV) 7. Critique
the impact of religious sexual values and attitudes on sexuality on the
political process. (IV) |
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MCCCD Official Course Outline: |
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REL291 2009 Spring – 2009 Fall |
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I. Religion and the Formation of Sexual Identity A. Definitions of Sex and Gender B. Puberty, Menstruation and Rites of Passage C. The Sexuality of God(dess) 1. The Divine in archaic traditions 2. The Hindu Shakti tradition 3. Biblical Traditions 4. The Role of Christian Saints 5. Wicca and New Age movements 6. Native American traditions II. Establishment of Religious Sexual Standards A. Definitions of Acceptable and Unacceptable Sex B. The incorporation of taboo sexuality into ritual C. Sex as the vehicle of sin in Christian tradition D. Religion and Homosexuality E. Purity, Chastity, Celibacy and Asceticism III. Sex and the Articulation of Religion A. Sex and Religious Laws B. Sex in Religious Narrative C. Sex as Religious Symbol D. Sex as Encounter with the Divine F. Sex, Art and Iconography G. Sex, “Virgin Birth” and Miraculous Birth Narratives 1. Horus
( 2. Mithra ( 3. Siddhartha
( 4. 5. Jesus (Roman Galilee) IV. Sex, Religion and Politics A. The Development of Marriage B. Divorce C. Birth Control, Sexuality and Religion D. Women and Sexual Freedom E. Religion and Definitions of “Prostitution” |