Exploring the Divine Feminine

Exploring the Divine Feminine is a Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies tutorial taught by Robert Meagher.

Course Description
The earliest evidence of religious imagination suggests that the source of all life, death, and rebirth, the power of creation, sustenance, destruction, and re-generation, was first understood as feminine. Goddess worship, arguably the original ?religion? of the human species, has survived not only in memory but also in practice to the present day, despite the hostility or indifference of virtually every ?world religion? of the past several millennia. This class will look closely at a number of prehistoric and ancient goddess traditions from Europe, the Near East, and South Asia, examining their ancient forms and their enduring legacies. More specifically, this class will begin in the painted caves of prehistoric France and end on the streets of contemporary Kolkota, home to the largest and most vital Mother Goddess festival in the modern world, the festival of Ma Durga.

Learning Goals

 * Multi-Cultural
 * Project-based
 * Reading
 * Writing