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Course Info for RELG - 204 - 01, Spring 2022
Class number: 2966 Title: Religions of Black Atlantic Department: Religious Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 4 Available seats: 15
Start date: Monday, January 31, 2022 End date: Monday, May 16, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM, MC - 305 Instructor(s): Landry, Timothy
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Course Description:
Through the lens of diaspora and critical-race theory, this course explores the ways in which global trends in religious practice have affected, inspired, and forever changed the Black Atlantic world. Students will explore a variety of Afro-Caribbean religions such as Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Lukumi, and U.S.-based conjure/hoodoo. In so doing, students will develop an appreciation for religious diversity and an understanding of the ways in which race, capitalism, colonialism, nationality, and emerging trends in global tourism continue to affect the ways Caribbean peoples experience religion from across the region.