The Black Atlantic, A Religious Interpretation (FYS)
RELI 177F
Fall 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 175F, AMST 137F |
The world as we know it is shaped by The Black Atlantic. This phrase centers the forced movement of enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas and Europe as the center of a set of complex forces: European global expansion, land expropriation, indigenous extermination and, of course African enslavement. But Africans were not solely objects of dehumanizing subjugation and property. Africans co-created this world through material practices, traditions of knowledge, and meaning making summed up in the word religion. This course will both introduce students to the themes of Black religions formed in and through the Black Atlantic, and specific communities, for example, Rastafarianism, Islam, Buddhism, and Pentecostalism. Students will read scholarly articles and engage multi-sensory sources and first-person accounts of both themes and communities. All resources will be provided in class or via Moodle. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS RELI |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Milton C. Sernett, African American Religious History: A Documentary Witness, (1999)
Timothy Earl Fulop and Albert J. Raboteau, African-American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture (1997)
Benjamin Hebblethwaite and Silke Jansen, Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas (2023)
Joseph M. Murphy, Working the Spirit: Ceremonies of the African Diaspora (1993)
Kinitra D. Brooks and Kameelah L. Martin, The Lemonade Reader (2019)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly discussion board posts; Online unit quizzes; In class writing assignment; Final Group presentations |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course counts as a Historical Traditions requirement for the Religion major/minor |
| Instructor(s): Millner,Marlon Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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