REL 101 - WCH Signifying Religion: An African American Worldview

4.00 credits.

(Western Cultural Heritage Core Course)
As a historically marginalized people, African Americans frequently find their religious experiences discussed either too familiarly (e.g., “They are basically all Christians.”) or too abstractly (e.g., “They are so spiritual.”) by wider publics. But what if one were to begin the study of religion with the African American experiences? In this class, we will study the diversity of African American life in order to enrich our understanding of the category, ‘religion.”