INTD710

Focuses attention on the history, culture, philosophies, aspirations, and achievements of people of African descent in regions of the world that share a history of specific kinds of colonialism. Literature may be afro-centric, representing Africana thinkers in reflexive mode. Telescopes between broader contextualizing topics from the above-mentioned areas and specifics of Africana religious experience. Students will have the opportunity to look at continental African religions in their traditional and imported expressions (e.g. Yoruba, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and more), African religions as practiced in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States, and the Abrahamic religions as Africana practice. This embracive study sets a template for dialogue between Africana reflection on religious practice and Western notions of religious construction.

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