REL 230: History of African American Religious Experiences

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.