RELIGIOUS 118 - Hindu Goddess Worship

Institution:

Claremont McKenna College

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Description:

Staff This upper division course is a historical and comparative treatment of devotion to Hindu goddesses from prehistory to the modern era. Topics will include: concepts of gender in the divine; continuations and divergences between textual and popular goddess worship; Shaktism; Tantra; spirit possession; female saints and renunciants; and the relation of human men and women to Hindu goddesses. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Offered every third year.

Credits:

1.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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