REL 243 - Religion and Hip-Hop

4 credits (Fall)

Religious thought and religious experience are often theorized and found beyond the bounds of ”established” spaces such as churches, mosques, or synagogues. This course, adopting that same mindset, privileges unconventional knowledge and mechanisms of human meaning within rap and hip-hop music and culture. While providing a grounding theorization of religion as complex human meaning-making, this course explores religious, theological, and ethical commitments in past and contemporary hip-hop music.

Prerequisite: REL 101, REL 102, REL 103, REL 104, REL 105, REL 106, with grade of S, C, or better, or second-year standing.
Instructor: Hills