Schedule
Mon, 6:00 PM - 8:04 PM (1/7/2013 - 1/8/2013) Location: MAIN BH 1
Mon, 6:00 PM - 8:40 PM (1/7/2013 - 5/3/2013) Location: MAIN BH 1
Description
Survey of West African religions. The development of the Black Christian Church in its visible and "invisible" institutional forms during the colonial period, and the merging of these two branches, free and slave, following the Civil War. Also the emergence of Holiness and Pentecostal sects, the impact of urban migrations on Black spiritual expression, the Black Church and civil rights, gender issues, and the recent challenge of Islam. Prerequisite: AAS 230