Legacy Course Catalog
REL 312 - The Black Religious Experience
Effectivity: | 08/25/2008 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue Fort Wayne Traditional |
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Credits: | 3 |
Instructional Types: | Ind Lec |
Usually Offered: | fal spr sum |
Short Title: | Black Rel Experience |
Description: | This course is designed to help students gain an appreciation for the ways African Americans have used religion as resistance to oppression. We begin with an exploration of religions in West Africa prior to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, including the role of Muslim slaves in the formation of slave religion in the Americas. We will also look at syncretism and the development of new religions in slave communities (Voodoo, Santeria, Shango, Candomble, etc.). We will also discuss the role of Christianity in the lives of African Americans, particularly in the segregated South. |
Department: | Philosophy |
Credit By Exam: | NO |
Repeatable Flag: | NO |
Temporary Flag: | NO |
Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
Honors Flag: | NO |
Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.