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RST 303 - The Virgin Mary and Visions of the Feminine in Christianity

Three Credits
Spring 2021

The development of the Church’s understanding of the Virgin Mary and of other feminine aspects of the transcendent in Christian spirituality. The course begins with Mary’s ideological antecedents and the issue of the “historical Mary.” It explores the relationship between images of the Virgin and theologies, controversies, and heresies, as well as contemporary feminist understandings of Mary and of the divine as feminine.

Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): One 100-Level Religious Studies & Theology Cornerstone Course.
General Education Attribute(s): Catholic Intellectual Traditions
Course Applies to: Latin American & Caribbean Studies (with permission of the LACS Program Director)
Note: Formerly offered as REL 303 (F.2019). Students may not take both RST 303 & REL 303.