RLST118 CM - Hindu Goddess Worship

This upper division course is a historical and comparative treatment of devotion to Hindu goddesses from prehistory to the modern era. Topics will include: concepts of gender in the divine, continuations and divergences between textual and popular goddess worship, Shaktism, Tantra, spirit possession, female saints and renunciants, and the relation of human men and women to Hindu goddesses.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

Offered: Every third year

Credit: 1

Course Number: RLST118 CM