BODY AND BELIEF (Dr. Vicky Gunn's course materials)

Session 2011-12 This course isn't currently running - but please enjoy browsing through the material

STOP PRESS

Watch out for the Glasgow Mutually Exclusive Conference Oct 2011 http://mutuallyexclusive.co.uk/

Watch out for the One Glasgow Events: Nov.09-May 2010 When Faith meets Queer does there always have to be conflict?’ What does diversity add to the relationship between religion and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities?

Relational Theology Conference, Winchester, England Notes

Teaching materials used in class can be found here, as well as links to useful on-line resources

Aims

To explore the way in which the human body has been constructed in a variety of social and religious contexts. To explore how conceptions of the body interact with understandings of what it means to be a human person. To discuss the way in which contemporary theory challenges and problematizes traditional understandings of the body. To consider the implications of new developments in body technology and the way in which religious thinkers are responding to these developments. To engage with key issues relating to theology and embodiment such as marriage, sexual identity and images of women. To examine a selected range of primary texts relating to these themes.

Outcomes:

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• critique debates surrounding the significance of the body in both historical and contemporary contexts;
• reflect orally and in writing on how changing understandings of the body are creating new agendas for theological reflection;
• relate their theological and theoretical understandings to key issues of current interest such as marriage, sexual identity, and cultural representations of bodies.

For teaching materials of the Course please see:

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