Africana Studies 181 - Intro African Diaspora Relig.

Over the last century, religionists have labored;to discover the meaning of African dispersal;beyond the continent and its accompanying;spiritual lineages. What theories of encounter;sufficiently adjudicate the synthetic religious;cultures of African-descended persons in North;America, South America, and the Caribbean? What;are the cross-disciplinary methodologies that;scholars utilize to understand African religious;cultures in the Western hemisphere? Firstly, this;course will introduce the field of Africana;religious studies. This background will inform;the second and primary objective of the course:;thematizing and exploring West and Central;African religious traditions housed in the;Americas.