COURSE DETAILS
Subject: Gender , Religion and Society
Semester : 3rd semester MA
Course Contents:
Unit 01: Introduction
1. Introduction: definition of religion, significance of religion, role of religion on human life, religion according to belief system (monotheism, polytheism), elements of religion
2. Origin and evolution of world religions
3. Religion as an institution
4. Gender and Islam
a. Pre-Islamic Arab Society and Culture practices
b. Eve and Adam : story of creation
c. Islam Gender and Patriarchy : Male authority issuance of the Fatwa and role of state power
d. Women’s economic freedom: property rights, inheritance and gainful employment in Islam
e. Women and political leadership in Islam
f. Social status of women in Islam
g. Gender and Qur’an
5. Tafsser, Hadith the Sunnah sharia
6. Theories of Religion
7. Gender and Hinduism
a. Introducing mythology of Goddesses and their
b. The status of women in revered religious scriptures of Hinduism
c. Image of women in revered Hindu scriptures and the “real women”
d. Role of women in ritual practices in Hinduism
e. Socio-political and socio-economic status of Hindu women
8. Gender and Christianity:
a. The concept of God as Father
b. Images of women in the New Testament
c. Virgin Mary and the place of women in the Church organization
d. Socio-political and socio economic status of Christian women
9. Gender and Judaism:
a. Socio-political and socio economic status of Jewish women
b. The concept of Eve and the original sin. Lilith and Eve the duality of female representation.
c. The concept of purity, chastity, and control of the female body.