Course: Religion and Sexual Wellbeing: Pleasure, Piety, and Reproductive Rights

The stories below narrate the experiences of Tendai and Grace (pseudonyms), and are found in the opening of Dr. Elizabeth Mudzimu’s PhD dissertation entitled ‘Religious and Cultural Encounters: Sexual and …

In this video, dr Kim Knibbe gives more background on the ways ‘grand schemes’, such as world religions, interact with local contexts, and how they may be appropriated and modified …

For many Filipinas, a first pregnancy is often unplanned. Despite the opposition of the Catholic church, contraceptives are available in the Philippines. Yet, many people do not use them. How …

In the video here we see how Dr Estrada-Claudio responds to accusations that SRHR concerns are a Western imposition. But what is culture? In the previous steps we have used …

In this video, listen to Dr Rachel Spronk discuss the concept of sexuality. As you listen to this lecture, try to answer the following questions: On what levels can sexuality …

What do we actually mean when we talk about “agency” and women’s “right to choose?” In this article, Elisabet Le Roux argues for complicating the ways that we think about …

TRIGGER WARNING: the content in the video discusses rape and sexual violence and may be triggering to some learners. Feel free to skip this video step if this may affect …

In this activity, we turn our attention to men’s perspectives to examine the ways sexuality, gender, religion are entangled. This article introduces the concept of the “inculturation” of Christianity in …

You will see a video lecture in which Dr. Elizabeth Mudzimu explains how the Kore Kore women navigate their way through the different tensions and pressures they face from religion, …

In the article on sexual wellbeing in the context of religious and cultural diversity, you have seen how pastor Rachel Theodor Smith addresses sexuality in the church. In doing so, …

In this step you will watch third clip from the documentary and explore how the polarization unfolded in the negotiations over the Joint Declaration. You will see the characteristics of …

The Philippines is one of the few countries in South East Asia where the number of teenage pregnancies have gone up in recent years. Colloquially, the introduction of the mobile …

As mentioned in the step on Introducing the Beijing Conference, the documentary presents the Beijing Conference both as revolutionary and polarizing. In this article we will dive deeper into the …

In this step we zoom into Hillary Clinton’s speech – the then First Lady of the United States of America- at the Fourth women’s conference in Beijing. We will explore …

As you have noted in the previous step, the Beijing Conference was introduced as ‘a very polarizing conference’, by an unknown American-English speaking male voice comments in the first minute …