Using AIDS as our primary case-study, we will explore how the body is constructed as an object of religious knowledge, looking at how illness and health are defined as religiously meaningful in cultural contexts. Class Preparation, Attendance, and Participation 2. This class will stimulate, challenge, thrill, and possibly even offend some sensibilities at some points. It will be interactive. The classroom discussion will provide theoretical and critical perspectives to your reading material that you will need in order to produce the class writing assignments.
Attendance is required.
Speaking to me outside of class presents an additional opportunity for course participation, especially if you need clarification or further conversation about course subjects. Read the assigned materials prior to class. Read the assignments before class. Arrive before class begins, leave after class ends. Turn off your cell phone, beeper, and the alarm on your watch.