Undergraduate and graduate courses

SRS 2111 – Women and Religion: Women in some major religious traditions (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, among others). Traditional religious thought and feminist critique.

SRS 2351 – Psychology of Religion: A survey of some major theorists in the psychology of religion

SRS 3165 – Gender and Religion: Interdisciplinary perspectives on current theory and methodology related to the relationship between gender and religious practice and ideology. Exploration of topics such as the social construction of masculinity and femininity; feminist politics and traditional responses; colonialism.

SRS 3353 – Contemporary Issues in Psychology of Religion: Different schools of psychology and psychoanalysis and the issues they raise in relation to religion and culture.

SRS 5102 – Psychoanalysis and Religion: Psychoanalytic thought relating to religion since the work of Sigmund Freud; therapeutic traditions and theories derived from the writings of Melanie Klein, D.W. Winnicott, W.R.D. Fairbairn and Jacques Lacan.

SRS 5103 – Freud, Jung and Religion: An examination of Sigmund Freud’s and Carl Jung’s writings pertaining to religion and mythology.

SRS 5116 – Current approaches to the Study of Religion: The methodological terrain of the current study of religion: the history, theoretical and methodological contributions, and influence of various approaches.

SRS 6906 – Religion and Psychology: An examination of current psychological theories, such as critical psychology, depth psychology, and ego psychology, as they relate to topics in religious studies.