HUM 360 - Queer Spirituality, Religion, and Belief

Prerequisite, HUM 205 or consent of instructor. This course will introduce students to the application of queer theory and queer studies in a holistic examination of spirituality, religion, and belief systems. Students will be asked to consider how the queer critique engenders expansive interpretations of faith, spiritual traditions, and religious institutions. This will be accomplished by challenging and destabilizing established western-centric perspectives concerning desire, truth, subjectivity, and religiosity. Course material will cover historical examples of gender/sexual diversity represented within cross-cultural spiritual traditions, queer readings of sacred texts and doctrine, religious exclusion/inclusion, and the ways in which LGBTQ+ communities make meanings from religious and spiritual influences in their lives. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every year.) 3 credits