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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2023
College Graduate School of Christian Studies
Course Code NH209
Theme・Subtitle 中国キリスト教史におけるジェンダー
Gender in the history of Christianity in China
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Mon.4・X205
Credit 2
Course Number CHS5813
Language Others
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Grade (Year) Required 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
prerequisite regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges
course cancellation
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy
Notes 後期課程用科目コード:TH319
Text Code NH209

【Course Objectives】

Based on a thorough reading of the latest research findings, we will inquire about the roles women have played in the history of Christianity in China, consider gender in the mission enterprise and discuss feminist criticism against contemporary churches.

【Course Contents】

As a result of the discovery of the household as religious sphere research on Christianity in China started to focus on the role of women. This course will introduce recent findings on the Jesuit encounter with Chinese women starting in the 17th century as well as on Christian women who became pioneers in the modern period. It will also take a brief look at gender issues in contemporary Chinese churches.
We will inquire how Catholic women in the early modern period organized their religious piety, how they perceived the Jesuit message, which notions of masculinity and femininity where articulated by missionaries and Chinese believers, and how these elements furthered women's preference for certain forms of individual piety, ritual community, and specific domestic religious cultures among women of Catholic gentry families. The research on women in the modern period will illustrate how gender affected women's understanding of Christianity and their career choices, while the brief look at contemporary churches will summarize feminist criticism.

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