[Your Name]

[Course Number and Name]

Research Paper: Outline

[Submission date]

[Working Title]

I. Introduction

[In this section, introduce your topic, thesis and scope of the paper. Keep it short; one paragraph only, no quotes from sources, no details yet.]

II. Archaeological and early Christian literary evidence on the issue

[For this and all sections below, break down the section into 3-4 sub-points that will later map to paragraphs. Each point should have a couple of subpoints of its own. No direct quotes, though you can embed footnotes to remind you of locations in your reading that you want to cite.]

III. [Wider Research Issue]

[If you are simply delving more deeply into the early Christian material, don’t create a separate section here; instead, develop a more extensive section II. If you are expanding to a contemporary topic, this is the section where you will outline your research on that and then connect, compare and contrast it to early Christianity in its material context.]

IV. Reflection on archaeological, literary and feminist methods used

[Suggestions for your outline: do not discuss the particulars of your research here; instead, step back from your research and reflect on archaeological methods in light of Spencer-Wood’s article: what can it demonstrate, what are its limits, how has it been practiced in an androcentric way (and did you see evidence of that in your sources) and what feminist interventions are therefore required (and did you see evidence of them in your sources)? Then turn to your literary evidence: what can literature and literary analysis demonstrate, what are its limits, how has it been practiced in an androcentric way (and did you see evidence of that in your sources) and what feminist interventions are therefore required (and did you see evidence of them in your sources)? Then compare and contrast the methods and how they might be used in conjunction.]

V. Reflection on my own beliefs in light of the research

VI. Conclusion