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    Oct 15, 2024  
2023-2024 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ALST 244 - African American Religious Experience


This historical, theological, and contextual course examines the African American religious experience, including slavery in America, the struggle for freedom and identity, the development of the Black Church, Black Muslims, the Civil Rights movement, the emergence of Black and Womanist theologies, and other expressions of African American spirituality. Course readings include writings of such historical and contemporary authors as Frederick Douglass, W. E. Du B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcom X, James Cone, Albert Raboteau, Jacquelyn Grant, and Lewis Baldwin.

Credits: 1.00
Crosslisted:   
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing
Core Component: None


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