RELI 4105       (90-760)           Fall 2009           University of Georgia

Women in Christian History   3 hrs

220 Peabody Hall       Tuesdays and Thursdays         5:00 pm – 6:15 pm

 

Wanda Wilcox, MDiv, MA, EdS

wanda@franklin.uga.edu

114 Memorial Hall  

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Office of Academic Advising

(706) 542-1504 on my desk, (706) 542-1412 main office to leave a message

Office Hours by referral – contact through email or call.   Many walk-in hours are available each week.

 

Women in Christian History  - The relationship between women and Christianity, particularly concerning                 matters involving gender equality in church and society.

 

Required Text:    Her Story:   Women in Christian Tradition     2nd ed        Barbara MacHaffie

 

http://www.uga.edu/~religion/                 Department of Religion at the University of Georgia

http://www.uga.edu/iws/                     The Institute for WomenÕs Studies at the University of Georgia

 

Grading

á       Midterm exam   25%

á       Final exam  25%

á       2 papers  6 – 8 pages,  one due before each exam,  15% each  

á       or

á       1 paper 12 - 15 pages, due before final exam,  30%

á       Attendance   20%                                                                                                                                                                                                         

The days you choose to miss are up to you, but you may wish to save an absence or two in the event that you are ever ill.  With thirty class periods, you can attend 27 times and still earn a grade of 90.  The expectation is that when you are present, you are really present, that is, engaged with and respectful of each other, the material, and the process of working together.  I will recognize those of you who are (engaged with the process and respectful of each other) by adding a day attended to the formula.  For example, you may only attend 26 times out of 30, but if when you are here, you are here, it will be computed as 27/30 = 90.   Another example:  you add the class on the second day, miss 4 classes, and every day you giggle over your email and youtube – that will be 25/29 = 86.  And if you come every time, and leave behind the cell phones and other tackiness or disrespect, you can have a grade of 103 counting as 20% of your final grade.  If laptop computers become a huge distraction, they may be prohibited from being brought to class.

Your research essay/s must include sources which are actual books and journals from the library.

Any student who initiates a withdrawal before the University deadline of Thursday, October 22, will receive a grade of ÒW.Ó 

Final grades for the course are based on the following scale:

A       92.5 and above                                                                C+         76.5 – 79.4

A-      89.5 – 92.4                                                                        C            72.5 – 76.4

B+     86.5 – 89.4                                                                        C-              69.5 – 72.4

B        82.5 – 86.4                                                                        D            59.5 – 69.4

B-       79.5 – 82.4                                                                       F            59.4 or less

 

All academic work must meet the standards contained in ÒA Culture of Honesty.Ó Students are responsible for informing themselves about those standards before performing any academic work.
The link to more detailed information about academic honesty can be found at:
http://www.uga.edu/honesty/ahpd/culture_honesty.htm

The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be necessary.

August 18   Tuesday                            

 

August 20   Thursday            last day to drop courses by midnight

 

August 21   Friday       last day to add courses

 

August 25  Tuesday                             

 

August 27  Thursday

 

September 1 Tuesday

 

September 3  Thursday

 

September 8  Tuesday

 

September 10  Thursday

 

September 15  Tuesday

 

September 17  Thursday

 

September 22   Tuesday

 

September 24  Thursday

 

September 29  Tuesday 

 

October  1    Thursday

 

October 6  Tuesday

 

October 8   Thursday                                                  Midterm Exam

 

                                    The first half of the term, and the midterm exam, will cover:

Women in the New Testament; Jesus and Women; the two MaryÕs; the early Church;

Patristic period; Ante-Nicene; Monasticism; Virginity; Veneration of Mary; Medieval;

Inquisition; Reformation; Radical Reformation

 

When the Puritans, Quakers, Baptists, Methodists, and so forth emerge and move to North America, we will move with them, and stay there for the remainder of the term except, of course, for the Victorian missionary heroines

 

October 13   Tuesday

 

October 15  Thursday

 

October 20  Tuesday

 

October 22  Thursday                                           last day to Withdraw

 

October 27  Tuesday

 

October 29 Thursday                  Exodus 22:18   Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

 

                                                      October 30    Friday   Fall Break       Samhain              All HallowÕs Eve

                                                                       

November 3 Tuesday

 

November 5 Thursday

 

November 10   Tuesday

 

November 12   Thursday

 

November 17  Tuesday

 

November 19   Thursday

 

            November 23 -27     Holiday break       Happy Thanksgiving           write your paper

 

December 1  Tuesday

 

December 3   Thursday               last day of class, review for final     Papers due

 

December 8  Tuesday   Friday schedule being run    no class

 

Friday, Dec 11       7:00 – 10:00 pm          Final Exam