Gender in Ancient Christianity

3 credits

The course will explore the elaboration of images of "masculinity" and "femininity", "male" and "female", focusing on the relationship of these discursive entities to ancient Christian practices, goals, and notions of salvation, with a view to recovering how such constructs were used to fabricate a distinctive "Christian" identity. ***Prerequisites: Completion of 24 credit hours or a 200 level RLST course.***