Reply #25: One class I took addressed all of those things.

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I took a history class that examined religion throughout history and examined all those things.

For example, it included topics of the oppression of women. We examined the way women were treated by the Greeks, by the Romans, and how the introduction of Christianity impacted women specifically. We analyzed articles written by Christians such as St. Augustine and many others in terms of their general regard for the woman's role. We examined how the Catholic church regarded women, etc.

It was positively one of the most enlightening classes I ever took. I personally think that particular class should also be mandatory for everyone. But that is really more of a history class than a religion class.