| Title: | Race and American Religions |
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| Course Section Number: | BLS-280-05 |
| Department: | Black Studies |
| Description: | How has religion been used to construct race in America? How has race helped to organize religion? How are "religion" and "race" modern constructed categories? In this course, we will trace the many ways religion and race have informed each other in the lands that became America. From the Islam of the enslaved to the Nation of Islam, from the African Methodist Episcopal Church to Father Divine's International Peace Movement, from Buddhist missionaries in Hawaii to modern yoga, we will look at the diversity of lived experiences of race and religion. We will consider how food, film, literature, laws, and music reflected and shaped the history of race and American religion. Because this course encompasses the entirety of American history, we will limit our focus on particular political institutions, new religious movements, and struggles for restrictions and that demonstrate the interconnectedness of race and religion in the past and present REL-290-01=BLS-280-05 |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 15, 2024 |
| End Date: | May 4, 2024 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/15/2024-05/03/2024 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00AM - 11:50AM, Center Hall, Room 215
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| Faculty: | Smith, Emily |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 25 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 9 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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