Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Christianity (CLS-0159)

Spring 2024 · CLS 0159 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Examination of gender and sexuality in the ancient Mediterranean, with special attention to how issues of gender and sexuality are treated in the New Testament, in early Church Fathers, Hebrew Bible, martyrdom accounts, and hagiography (saints’ lives). Consideration of pre-Christian sexual ethics and the structure of the family in Mediterranean patriarchal cultures (in this

Course codes: CLS-0159, CLS 0159, CLS0159, CLS-159, CLS 159, CLS159, WGSS-0160, WGSS 0160, WGSS0160, WGSS-160, WGSS 160, WGSS160, REL-0160, REL 0160, REL0160, REL-160, REL 160, REL160

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