REL 230: History of African American Religious Experiences

Cross Listed
Program
Credits 4
Attributes
Diversity Domestic,
Appropriate for First-year Students,
Humanities Division
Applied Minors
An introductory survey of the central historical events, people and faith perspectives that have shaped African American (or Black) religious experiences in the United States. Includes the Middle Passage and "New World" Slavery, The Great Awakening and later Revival(s), Emancipation, Reconstruction, migration and urbanization; Jim/Jane Crow, Civil Rights, Black Power and Black Humanism.