Prerequisites: one of the following: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S, RLST 001, RLST 001H, RLST 002, RLST 003, RLST 005, RLST 005H, RLST 007, RLST 007H, RLST 007W, RLST 009, RLST 010, RLST 012/ETST 012, RLST 012H/ETST 012H, RLST 012W/ETST 012W, RLST 012X/ETST 012X, RLST 013, RLST 014, RLST 015, RLST 015H, RLST 024/HIST 034, RLST 039, RLST 044/ HIST 044, RLST 044W/HIST 044W; or consent of instructor
Description: A comparative, thematic exploration of religion in the lives of contemporary same sex attracted and gender variant or gender nonconforming people around the world. Topics may include intersections of religion with: neoliberal economic and political strategies; globalization; global North/South inequities; settler colonialism; racial, economic, and gender inequalities; homonormativity/homonationalism; queer activism. Cross-listed with RLST 159. See the Student Affairs Office in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences for breadth requirement information.