PARW 8012 - Women's Spirituality Research Methodologies

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California Institute of Integral Studies

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This course for all Ph.D. students surveys disciplinary and multidisciplinary Women's Spirituality research methodologies for each of the six areas of specialization in Women's Spirituality: Body Wisdom, Women, and Healing; Cultural History, Archaeomythology, and Ecosocial Anthropology; Feminist and Ecofeminist Philosophy; Justice, Community, Sustainability/Peace and Partnership Studies; Women and World Religions; and Women's Mysteries and Sacred Arts. Students will compare and contrast two types of research methodologies for relevance vis-à-vis particularresearch topics. Methods considered may include women's spiritual ways of knowing; feminist epistemologies; religious studies methodologies; philosophical reasoning; action research; organic inquiry/heuristic/narrative research; cultural history; ecosocial anthropology, archaeology, and archaeomythology; literary criticism; and the creative processes of the arts. This course is also strongly recommended for M.A. students electing to write a thesis.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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