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Introduction to Black Religions: The North American Experience (262-0-20)

Instructors

Kijan A Bloomfield

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-415: Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

Introduces students to the variety of Black religions that developed during and after the Atlantic slave trade up to the present. Explores these traditions as continuities/changes of West African religious cosmologies. Examines the interplay between religion, politics, and the constructions of racial identities within various forms of Christianity, Islam, and other expressive cultures.

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Historical Studies Distro Area
U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity