REL 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Studying Religion: Black Religious Traditions

4 credits (Fall)

This course introduces Religious Studies by focusing on the key themes, historical developments, shifts, and actors that are central to the emergence and nuances of Black religious thinking in America and the African diaspora broadly. Beginning with theoretical and conceptual paradigms that outline the nature and scope of {Black} religion as framed in the scholarship of Charles Long and Anthony Pinn, this introductory course will proceed forward through modules that address the following topics-including, but not limited to, Black and womanist theologies, religion and literature, Black church studies, political activism, and even African American humanism/secularism.

Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Hills