SEBO 951 Gender Dynamics in the Hebrew Bible
Spring 2000
Wednesdays 1:30- 4:20 Kunwald
Instructor: Deborah Appler (o)610-861-1523 (h)610-882-5971 Office hours M- 12:30-1:30; W- 10:30-11:30 or by appointment
Course Description:
The Church and the field of religious studies continue to be transformed by new modes of gender discourse, discourse that has arisen out of other academic fields such as philosophy and linguistics. Issues of gender continually impact the Church and the Church’s interpretation of Scripture, especially regarding discussions of God language, ordination, sexuality, and gender relations. Consequently, the goal of this course is two- fold. Initially we will explore feminist theory, men’s studies, and post-modern discourse particularly as they impact our understanding(s) of the cultural construction of gender, and issues of difference, essentialism, sexuality, language and power, subjectivity, and epistemology. The work of Julia Kristeva, Luc� Irigaray, Patricia Hill Collins, bel hooks, Harry Brod, Michael Kaufman, Michael Messner, and others will form the framework for these discussions. Secondly, we will observe how biblical scholars have integrated this theory into their own work and how such integration has impacted the interpretations of biblical texts and the study of religion. Among those whom we will read are Alice Bach, Mieke Bal, Howard Eilberg-Schwartz, Danna Fewell, David Gunn, Renita Weems, Amy-Jill Levine, Kwok Pui Lan, Stephen Moore, and James Nelson.
This is an upper level seminar course providing an environment for cooperative learning through discussions, lectures, and presentations. The reading is quite heavy but fascinating. You are required to read the assignments by the appropriate class period. In fact, many assignments may benefit by multiple readings. Remember that discussion and constructive reflection on the material constitutes 40% of your grade. Although the readings are at times complex, we will work through this material together and will receive a solid background for understanding gender dynamics. Such understanding is essential if our work is to be relevant for the church and for the academy during the next millennium.
Teaching Philosophy:
I consider all of us to be responsible for the teaching and learning that takes place in this class. For this reason I place a high value on class participation and on your assessments of both the biblical and secondary readings, recognizing that there is much that we can learn from one another. In order for us to freely explore the sometimes difficult biblical and faith issues, I request that we allow room for disagreement and that we work hard to hear and to understand the ones who think differently than we do. Furthermore, I recognize that there might be times when the issues dealt with in this class challenge our very faith structures. My office is open should you need to process, scream (but not too loudly- we don't want to disturb the neighbors!), disagree, clarify, or question material covered in class. I also ask that we employ inclusive language in all papers and discussions. This is great practice for the parish or counseling center. Please inform me of any special learning needs that you might have so that I can accommodate you.
Requirements
•20% Class Participation and Attendance—It is essential that you come to class and that you come having read the material assigned for the day ready to engage in the dialogue. Questions for reflection have been provided to help you to focus as you read and to provide a springboard for
your journal writing. If you must miss a class, please notify me ahead of
time.
•25% Class Presentation— Students will present the material for a given day in
teams or alone. Together, summarize or illustrate the issues and then
initiate a class discussion on these issues. The team is responsible for the
first 50 minutes of the class. Feel free to be creative and informative. A
two page (double space) summary of the presentation is required of each
student and is due on the day of the presentation. Please meet with me at
least one week prior to your presentation bearing an informal outline of
what you plan to do in class.
•20% Journal—Each student is to keep a journal that will be turned in by
Thursday, May 4th. Journals should contain reflections on the readings,
not summaries. Engage in the material. What did you like? What was or
was not helpful? How have the readings affected your outlook on gender? How might this material be applied to your own field of studies or particularly to your readings of biblical texts? You may use the questions of the day as a starting point but I am more interested in how you interact with the material than with how you summarize the author’s argument. Dealing with this material can be a mind boggling enterprise so the journal is both an opportunity for you to begin to process the readings for class and for me to have a better sense of your level of engagement with the material. At least two journal entries should be written each week.
•30% Exegesis Paper and Project- A 3-5 page paper on your chosen
biblical text from the Hebrew Bible. Exegete this text with a focus on the
gender dynamics present in your pericope choosing at least one of the interpretive methods covered in this course (i.e., womanist, post-structuralism, queer theory, men’s studies, and so forth). Include in your paper a discussion of the questions that you will ask the text, what method(s) you will employ to answer these questions, and what conclusions about gender dynamics can be drawn from your reading. This part of the exegesis project is worth 10 %
Next create ONE of the following: a liturgy, artwork, liturgical vestment,
retreat, liturgical dance, counseling approach, youth event, Bible study,
internet resource or game, sermon, hymn, and so forth that is based on
your reading of your text. The Project is 20%. Due May 4th
My Expectations for your papers---I want:
A clear thesis statement that lays out your argument.
Support for your position through a good integration of biblical and secondary source material especially the theoretical material related to gender.
A well written paper with careful attention to grammar, sentence structure, flow of argument, use of footnotes, and bibliographical notation.
Web Page- http://home.moravian.edu/users/sem/medaa01/webpage
A web page has been set up with a course syllabus, bibliography, and list of resources. Feel free to add books and information that you believe may prove invaluable for present or future use. In addition, the web page will remain current and list lectures and discussions in the academic and the
surrounding community that relate to feminist theory and men’s studies
and/or feminist/womanist and men’s readings of biblical texts. This is our web page; feel free to use it to the fullest!
Required Texts:
All assigned books and articles can be found in the reserve section of the library. The articles are copied and in a folder in the library and by the seminary copier. A major portion of the following books have been assigned and you may wish to purchase these. They are available in the divinity bookstore. These are:
Tong, Rosemarie. Feminist Thought. A More Comprehensive Introduction. Boulder:
Westview Press, 1998
Brod, Harry and Michael Kaufman. Theorizing Masculinities: Research on Men
And Masculinities. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1994.
Boyd, Stephen, M. Longwood, and M. Muesse. Redeeming Men: Religion and
Masculinities. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1996
Armour, Ellen T. Deconstruction, Feminist Theology, and the Problem of Difference.
Subverting the Race/Gender Divide. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1999.
Recommended Texts:
Bach, Alice. Women, Seduction, and Betrayal in Biblical Narrative. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Messner, Michael. Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements. Thousand Oaks: New
York, Sage, 1997
Books to add to your resources:
Bach, Alice. Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader. New York: Routledge, 1998
Fiorenza, Elisabeth Sch�ssler, ed. Searching the Scriptures. A Feminist Introduction.
New York:Crossroad, 1993
Neuger, Christie Cozad and J. Poling, eds. The Care of Men. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997
Russell, Letty and S Clarkson, ed. Dictionary of Feminist Theologies. (DFT) Louisville:
Westminster/John Knox, 1997
Schedule of Reading Assignments
Wednesday, February 2 Introduction to the Course
I. Questions for reflection- What is feminism? hermeneutics?
Readings:
Bach, A, "Reading Allowed: Feminist Biblical Criticism Approaching the
Millenium" in Currents in Review 1 (1993), 191-215
Levine, Amy-Jill, "Hermeneutics of Suspicion" in Dictionary of Feminist
Theologies (DFT). Russell and Clarkson, eds. 140-141.
Fiorenza, Elisabeth Sch�ssler, "Feminist Hermeneutics" in DFT, 99-100.
Tong, Rosemarie, Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction, 1-9.
***
Questions for reflection- What is men’s studies?
Readings:
Messner, M, Politics of Masculinities. Men in Movements, 1-35.
Neuger, Christie and J. Poling (ed.), "Intro" and "Gender and Theology," 13-45
***
Questions for reflection- Do feminism and men’s studies make "strange
bedfellows"?
Readings:
Reuther, R, "Patriarchy and the Men’s Movement: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution," Women Respond to the Men’s Movement. San Francisco:
Harper, 1992, 13-18.
Eisler, Riana, "What do Men Really Want? The Men’s Movement, Partnership,
and Domination," Women Respond, 43-54. hooks, bel, "Men in the Feminist Struggle—The Necessary Movement, Women
Respond, 111-117.
Messner, "Backlash or Social Justice?" 89-110.
Wednesday, Feb 9 The Social Construction of Gender
Questions for Reflection- What is gender? What is sex? Why does Ortner rely
on "practice theory" to define gender? What are Graham’s 4 movements
in the issues of gender?
Readings:
Graham, Elaine, Making the Difference: Gender, Personhood, and Theology
Introduction, Chapter 1, pp.1-34.
Ortner, Sherry B, Making Gender: The Politics and Erotics of Culture, 1-20.
***
Question for Reflection: Are the differences between men and women
biological? Note: Be prepared to be able to debate both sides of the question.
Readings:
Irigaray, Luce, "Women: Equal or Different?" in Women’s Studies: Essential
Readings. Stevi Jackson, ed. New York:NYU Press, 1993, 21-22.
Wittig, Monique, "One is Not Born a Woman" in Ibid, 22-25.
Choose One:
Ortner, Sherry, "Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture? Making
Gender, 21- 42, 173-180.
"Biological Causation: Are Gender Differences Wired into Our Biology?" in
Women, Men, and Gender: Ongoing Debates. Mary Roth Walsh, ed.,
New Haven: Yale, 1997, 33-54.
***
Questions for Reflection: How have gender studies impacted religion?
Biblical studies?
Readings:
Graham, Elaine, "Gender in the Churches" in Making the Difference, 35-56.
Clines, David, "David the Man: The Construction of Masculinity in the Hebrew
Bible," Interested Parties. The Ideology of Writers and Readers of the
Hebrew Bible. Sheffield: Sheffield, 1995, 212-243.
Williams, Delores, "Hagar’s Story: A Route to Black Women’s Issues" in Sisters in the Wilderness, 15-33.
Wednesday, February 16 Introduction to Gender Theories
I. Question for reflection: What is the profile of the liberal feminist?
Readings:
Tong, Rosemarie, "Liberal Feminism," 10-44.
Messner, "The Limits of the ‘Male Sex Role’: The Men’s Liberation and Men’s
Rights Movements," 36-48.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, The Women’s Bible. Boston: Northeastern University
Press, 1993, vii-33.
***
II. Marxist, Socialist, and Radical Approaches to Feminism
Questions for Reflection: What would a Marxist feminist look for in a biblical
text? a socialist feminist?
Readings:
Tong, " Marxist and Socialist Feminism," 94-128.
Messner, "Profeminist Engagements: Radical and Socialist Feminist Men’s
Movements," 49-62.
Choose one:
Scott Coltrane, Theorizing Masculinities in Contemporary Social Science," in
Brod and Kaufman, 39-60.
Kahl, Brigitte, "Toward a Materialist-Feminist Reading" in Searching the
Scriptures. A Feminist Introduction, 225-40.
III. Question for reflection: What is "radical" about a radical feminist?
Readings:
Tong, " Radical Feminism: Libertarian and Cultural Perspectives," 45-93.
Daly, Mary, Beyond God the Father Boston:Beacon, 1973, 132-98.
Have Paper Topic Chosen
Wednesday, February 23 Sigmund Freud and Gender
Questions for Reflection: Where does gender fit into Freud’s psychoanalytical
model? How does (or doesn’t) this model work for biblical stories?
Readings:
Homans, Peter. "Sigmund Freud" in The Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 5. New
York:MacMillan, 1987, pp. 435-438.
Tong, "Psychoanalytic and Gender Feminism," 130-72.
R.W. Connell, "Psychoanalysis on Masculinity," Brod and Kaufman, 11-38.
Questions for Reflection: What impact might Rashkow’s reading of the Moses
Story have on the church and/or synagogue? What are the strengths of such a reading? Weaknesses?
Readings:
Rashkow, Ilana. "Oedipus Wrecks: Moses and God’s Rod" in Reading Bibles,
Writing Bodies, pp. 72-84.
Hosea 1-3
***
Questions for Reflection: What Impact might Eilberg-Schwartz’s reading of
monotheism have on the church and/or synagogue? What are the strengths
of such a reading? Weaknesses?
Readings:
Eilberg-Schwartz, Howard. "God’s Phallus and the Dilemmas of Masculinity," in
Redeeming Men, 36-47.
Wednesday, March 1 Lacan, Foucault, and Gender Studies
Questions for Reflection: How does Lacan’s concept of the "phallus" vary from
Freud’s concept of the "penis"? Why do you think that Lacan’s approach
has had such a strong impact on the French feminists?
Readings:
Lacan, Jacques, "The Meaning of the Phallus" in Feminine Sexuality. Jacques
Lacan and the �cole freudienne. Juliet Butler and J. Rose, eds. New
York: Norton and Company, 1982, 74-85.
Tong, "Existential Feminism," and "Postmodern Feminism," 173-211.
Questions for reflection: What does Foucault mean by "power?" How might
feminists find Foucault helpful?
Readings:
Hartsock, Nancy, "Foucault on Power. A Theory for Women?" in
Feminism/Postmodernism. ed. by L. Nicholson, 157-175.
Foucault, M, History of Sexuality, volume 1. New York: Vintage,1978, 77-102.
Question for Reflection: In what ways have Lacan and Foucault been
incorporated into these readings?
Readings:
Stephen Moore, God’s Gym. New York, Routledge, 1996 (esp. 3-36).
Bal, Mieke, Lethal Love. Bloomington, Idiana U, 1987, pp. 10-36.
Wednesday, March 8 – Spring Break!! Enjoy (and catch up on reading)
Wednesday, March 15 French Feminism- Luce Irigaray and Difference
Questions for reflection: What role does language play in the oppression of
women? Given Irigaray’s attention to language, what could be the significance of this discussion for theology and biblical studies?
Readings:
Irigaray, Luce, "Sexual Difference" in French Feminist Thought. ed. Toril Moi,
Oxford: Blackwell, 1987, pp. 118-132.
Irigaray, Luce, Je, tu, nous: Toward a Culture of Difference, 11-59.
***
French Feminism: More Irigaray
Readings:
Irigaray, Je, tu, nous, 61- 136.
Flannigan-Saint-Aubin, Arthur, "The Male Body and Literary Metaphors for
Masculinity," in Brod and Kaufman, 239-258.
III. Question for Reflection: Following Lacan, Kristeva is interested in the symbolic.
How does Kristeva modify Lacan’s concept of the Phallus?
Readings:
Moi, Toril (ed.), The Kristeva Reader. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1986,
pp. 1-22, 138-159.
Wednesday, March 22 More Kristeva
Readings:
I. Kristeva, Julia, The Powers of Horror. An Essay on Abjection. New York:
Columbia University Press, 1982, 90-112.
Kristeva, Julia, "Reading the Bible" and " From Signs to the Subject in New
Maladies of the Soul. New York:ColumbiaUniversity Press, 1995,115-34
II. Question for Reflection: Danna Fewell wove Kristeva’s work throughout her
article on post-exilic Israel. Why do you think that she constructed her argument that way? How does Bach use feminist linguistics?Men’s studies?
Required:
Fewell, Danna, "Imagination, Method, and Murder. Un/Framing the Face of
Post-Exilic Israel," in Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies, 132-152.
Bach, Alice, Women, Seduction, and Betrayal in Biblical Narrative, 128-208.
Question for Reflection: How does Kristeva’s work impact our understanding of
Worship, God imagery? Structure of society?
Reading:
Finish reading the above.
Wednesday, March 29 Responses to French Feminism and Postmodernism
Questions for Reflection: How helpful is this postmodern theory for men?
Readings:
Gutterman, David, "Postmodernism and the Interrogation of Masculinity," in
Brod and Kaufman, 219-238.
Brod, Harry, "Of Mice and Superman: Images of Jewish Masculinity," in
Redeeming Men, 145-155.
II. Questions for Reflection: When can French feminism be useful for all women?
Bring examples of the above to share with the class.
Readings: bell hooks, "Postmodern Blackness" in Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural
Politics. Boston, South End, 1990, 23-31.
Armour, Ellen, Deconstruction, Feminist Theology, and the Problem of
Difference. Subverting the Race/Gender Divide. Chicago: U of
Chicago Press, 1999, 1-102
III. Question for Reflection: How does French feminism sometimes subvert
difference?
Readings:
Armour, 103-184
Wednesday, April 5 More Issues of Gender, Race, and Difference
I. Question for Reflection: What are some of the unique perspectives that Levine and others bring to texts due to their social location?Give examples.
Readings:
Levine, Amy-Jill, "‘Hemmed in on Every Side’: Jews and Women in the Book of
Susanna" in Reading From this Place, vol.1, pp. 175-190.
"Feminist Theologies" in DFT, pp. 100-120.
Tong, "Multicultural and Global Feminism, 212-245.
Question for Reflection: Can one be white and participate in black feminist
interpretation? Black Male interpretation? Why or Why not?
Readings:
"Are Race, Class, and Gender of Comparable Importance in Producing
Inequality? in Women, Men, and Gender, 55-78.
Collins, Patricia Hill, Black Feminist Thought. Knowledge, Consciousness, and
the Politics of Empowerment. New York: Routledge, 1990, 3-40.
Choose One:
Mac An Ghaill, "The Making of Black English Masculinities," in Brod and
Kaufman, 183-199
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette and Michael Messner, "Gender Displays and Men’s
Power: The ‘New Man’ and the Mexican Immigrant Man," in Brod and
Kaufman, 200-18.
Questions for Reflection: What are the differences between womanists and
black feminists? What are the difference between womanists and white
feminists?
Readings:
Baker-Fletcher, Karen, "Womanist Voice" in DFT, 316-317.
Weems, Renita, "Reading Her Way Through the Struggle: African American
Women and the Bible" in Stony the Road We Trod. African American Biblical Interpretation. C.H. Felder, ed., Minn:Fortress, 1991, 57-80.
Williams, Delores, Sisters in the Wilderness. The Challenge of Womanist God-
Talk, pp. 143-170.
Walker, Alice, "Womanist" in In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens. San Diego:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983, pp xi-xii.
Wednesday, April 12 Sexuality, Gender, and the Hebrew Bible
I. Question for Reflection: How is heterosexuality a social construct? or is it?
Readings:
Rich, Adrienne, "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence," in Blood,
Bread, and Poetry, pp. 23-75.
"Sexual Orientation: Is it Determined by Biology?" in Women, Men, and
Gender, pp. 181-206.
II. Question for Reflection: How do these interpretations incorporate issues of
human sexual relations?
Readings:
Niditch, Susan, "Eroticism and Death in the Tale of Jael," in Women in the
Hebrew Bible, 305- 316.
Douglas, Kelly Brown, Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist
Perspective. Maryknoll, New York: Orbid, 1999, 11- 62.
III. Question for Reflection: Brooten argues that early Christian views of female
homoeroticism closely resembles those of their contemporaries. What,
then, may have been their views?
Readings:
Brooten, Bernadette J, Love Between Women. Early Christian Responses to
Female Homoeroticism. Chicago: TheUniversity Press, 1996, 1-72 (skim)
Choose One:
Mary Hunt, "Lovingly Lesbian: Toward a Feminist Theology of Friendship,"
Sexuality and the Sacred, 169-182
Clark, Cheryl, "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance" in This Bridge Called My
Back. Writings by Radical Women of Color. Cherr�e Moraga, G.
Anzald�a, eds., New York: Women of Color Press, 198, 128-37.
Wednesday, April 19 Sexuality, Gender, and the Hebrew Bible (continued)
Question for Reflection: How do Alpert and Exum’s interpretations incorporate lesbian theory?
Readings:
Alpert, Rebecca, "Finding Our Past: A Lesbian Interpretation of the Book of
Ruth," in Kates and Reimer (eds.), Reading Ruth. Contemporary Women
Reclaim a Sacred Story, 91-96.
Exum, JC, "Is this Naomi?" in Plotted, Shot, and Painted. Sheffield:Sheffield,
1996, 129-174.
II. Questions for Reflection: How are homosexuality and masculinity related?
Readings:
Brown Smith, Sexuality and the Black Church, 87-110.
Choose Two:
Clark, J. Michael, "Gay Men, Masculinity, and an Ethic of Friendship," in
Redeeming Men, 252-62.
______, "Men’s Studies, Feminist Theology, and Gay Male Sexuality, in Sexuality and the Sacred, 216-30.
Kimmel, Michael, "Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence
In the Construction of Gender Identity," in Brod and Kaufman, 119-41.
III. Questions for reflection: How do Stone and Waetjen read these texts:
Readings:
Waetjen, Herman, Same-Sex Sexual Relations in Antiquity and Sexuality and
Sexual Identity in Contemporary American Society," in Biblical Ethics
And Homosexuality. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1996, 103-116.
Stone, Ken. "Gay and Lesbian Interpretations," Dictionary of Biblical
Interpretation. John Hayes (ed.), Nashville: Abingdon, 1999, 432-34.
Stone, Ken, "The Hermeneutics of Abomination: On Gay Men, Canaanites, and
Biblical Interpretation," Biblical Theology Bulletin 27, 2 (1997) 36-41.
Wednesday, April 26 Epistemology (Theory)
Questions for Reflection: What does "epistemology" mean? What
"epistemologies" are raised by Collins and Graham?
Readings:
Graham, Elaine. Making the Difference, pp. 192-213.
Collins, Patricia Hill. Black Feminist Thought, pp.201-238.
Questions for Reflection: What concerns does hooks bring to the field of
Education and to epistemology in general?
Readings: hooks, bel. Teaching to Transgress. Education as the Practice of
Freedom. New York:Routledge, 1994, 1-44 (skim the rest)
Questions for Reflection: What gender issues in archaeology are brought to
Our attention by Carol Meyers and her book? How does gender influence
anthropology? History?
Readings:
Graham, Elaine. Making Difference, pp. 59-76.
Meyers, Carol, "Recovering Objects, Re-Visioning Subjects: Archaeology and
Feminist Biblical Study," in Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods
and Strategies. Sheffield:Sheffield, 1997, 270-84.
Asher-Greve, Julia, "Feminist Research and Ancient Mesopotamia: Problems
And Prospects," in Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods and
Strategies, 218-37.
Wednesday, May 3 Ecology/Ecofeminism
I. Question for Reflection: How does a feminist consciousness lead to issues of
ecology? What are the precepts of ecofeminism?
Reading:
Gebara, Ivone. "Ecofeminism" in DTF, pp. 76-78.
McFague, Sallie. Super, Natural Christians. How We Should Love Nature. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997, pp. 118-149
Tong, "Ecofeminism," 246-77.
II. Question for Reflection: How has the Men’s Movement dealt with nature?
Readings:
Nelson, James, "The Men’s Movement and the Fragile Planet," in Redeeming
Men, 273-84.
III. Some Closing Reflections.
When You have time later in your life read:
(These coincide with the readings of the given day)
Recommended:
Feb 9: Brenner, Athalya, "The Hebrew God and His Female Complements"
Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies: Identity and the Book. ed. Timothy Beal and David Gunn, 56-71.
Neuger and Poling, "Men’s Issues in the Local Church: What Clergymen
Have To Say," 46-69. (feel free to skim the rest of the book).
Feb 16: Watkins, Susan Alice, Marisa Rueda, and Marta Rodriguez, Introducing
Feminism. Cambridge: Totem Books, 1994. (Comic book)
Marx for Beginners. New York:Writers and Readers Publishing House,
1993. (Comic Book)
J. Hearn and D. Collinson, "Theorizing Unities and Differences Between
Men and Between Masculinities," in Brod and Kaufman, 97-118.
Feb 23 Osborn, Richard. Freud for Beginners. New York: Writers and Readers
Publishing, 1994? (Comic Book)
Eilberg-Schwartz, "The Problem of the Body for the People Of the Book,"
in Bach, Women in the Hebrew Bible, 53-76
March1 Leland, Dorothy, "Lacanian Psychoanalysis and French Feminism:
Toward an Adequate Political Psychology" in Revaluing French
Feminism. Critical Essays on Difference, Agency,and Culture,
pp. 113-135
Lacan for Readers 1997. (Comic Book)
Fillingham, Lydia, Foucault for Beginners. New York: Writers and
Readers, 1993. (Comic)
Postmodernism for Beginners (Comic)
Kaufman, Michael, "Men, Feminism, and Men’s Contradictory
Experiences Of Power," in Brod and Kaufman, 142- 163.
Dolan-Henderson, Susan, "Postmodernism" in DFT, pp 217-218.
Brock, Rita Nakashima, "Feminist Theories" in DFT, pp. 116-120.
James Nelson, "Embracing Masculinity," in Sexuality and the Sacred:
Sources For Theological Reflection (Nelson, Longfellow, ed)
Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1994, 195-215.
Schwartz, Regina, "Adultery in the House of David" in Women in the
Hebrew Bible, A. Bach, ed., 335-350.
Newsom, Carol, "Woman and the Discourse of Patriarchal Wisdom: A
Study of Proverbs 1-9," in Women in the Hebrew Bible, 85-98.
March 15 Chopp, Rebecca, "From Patriarchy into Freedom. A Conversation
Between American Feminist Theology and French Feminism" in
Transfigurations, Maggie Kim, et al ed., pp.31-48.
March 22 Kristeva, Julia, The Powers of Horror (remainder of the book).
Kristeva, Julia, New Maladies of the Soul, the remainder.
Introducing Kristeva (comic book, publish 2000)
April 5 Tolbert, Mary Ann, "The Politics and Poetics of Location" in Reading
From this Place. Vol. 1 Minneapolis: Fortress,1995, pp. 305-317.
Selected reading from Reading From the Place, vols. 1 and 2.
Plaskow, Judith, "Anti-Judaism in Christian Biblical Interpretation" in
Searching the Scriptures, pp. 117-129
hooks, bel, Yearning, Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics. Boston:
SouthEnd Press, 1990.
Pui-Lan, Kwok, Discovering the Bible in the Non-Biblical World. New
York:Orbis, 1995, pp. 32-43, 84-95.
April 12 Sharp, Sandra, Black Women for Beginners. New York: Writers and
Readers.
Exum, J. Cheryl, "Who’s Afraid of the "Endangered Ancestress"? in
Women In the Hebrew Bible, 141- 158.
April 26 Code, Lorraine. What Can She Know? Feminist Theory and the
Construction of Knowledge. Ithica:Cornell, 1991.
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