REL 315
The Sociology of Black Religious Experience
Last Offered Spring 2012
Division II
Cross-listed AMST 304 / SOC 305 / AFR 305
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

The United House of Prayer For All People. The Nation of Islam. New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. The African-American Buddhist Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. While each of these groups reflects a different spiritual tradition, all are examples of the rich religious expressions of Black Americans. This course will introduce students to the landscape of Black religious practices in the United States. We will begin with a historical survey of the literature on Black religions. Our review will yield some of the primary themes of the Black religious experience–the injustices of modern racism, the significance of liberation, and continued meaning of Africa as a homeland. We will then investigate how secular processes like industrialization, commodification, and the modern media, alter understandings of the sacred in Black experience.
The Class: Format: seminar/discussion
Limit: 15
Expected: 10
Class#: 3130
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will be based upon class participation, 2-3 short papers, and a final research paper
Prerequisites: none; open to all
Enrollment Preferences: Africana Studies concentrators and Anthropology/Sociology majors
Unit Notes: this course DOES NOT fulfill the body of theory seminar requirement for Religion majors; this course will count as an elective towards the major in Religion
Distributions: Division II
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AMST 304 Division II SOC 305 Division II REL 315 Division II AFR 305 Division II
Attributes: REL Africa + African Diaspora Tradition Courses

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