REL252

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African-American Religion and Spirituality

Religious Studies Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences

Subject code

REL

Course Number

252

Course Long Title

African-American Religion and Spirituality

Course Description

Intermediate-level lecture and discussion course, which is an examination of religious themes in African-American experience, including slavery, Black Church denominations (mainstream and Holiness), Black Nationhood and civil rights movements, Black Muslims, Black and Womanist (Black feminist) theologies, African religions in the Americas (Santeria and Voudoun), and new spiritual visions.

Academic Level

Undergraduate

Department(s)

Religious Studies

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Course Type (Attributes)

DD Dominance & Difference (DD), HP Humanities Philosophy (HP), Analyzing Perspectives (APW), Crit. Power & Inequality (CPI), Info & Media Lit Intro (IMLI), Writing - Research (WR)

Credit Type

Institutional

Instructional Method Name

Lecture