Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Provides an analysis of the theories and practices associated with bodily renunciation, focused especially on the first Christian centuries. Explores issues such as fasting, sexual abstinence, and social withdrawal from a variety of critical perspectives, with special attention paid to gender, status, and the body in religion.

Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.