Course Description
Major and selected contemporary religious groups and movements among African Americans.
Athena Title
INTRO AFRCN AM REL
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
a. to introduce students to religious movements in African American culture b. to come to understand the importance of art in African American religious meaning c. to link resistance and religious meaning in the African American experience Communicate Effectively through Writing To strengthen skills in written composition, analysis, and presentation by means of projects such as essays, papers, reports, and examinations. Communicate Effectively through Speech To strengthen skills in oral expression, analysis, style, and interaction by means such as class reports, class discussion, and oral examinations. Computer Literacy To enhance and facilitate computer literacy by the use of word processing, the web, email, and OASIS through research, preparation, and presentation of work such as oral class reports and completion of written assignments. Critical Thinking To foster critical thinking by engaging in activities such as classroom discussion and debate, essay examinations, and oral presentations. Moral Reasoning (Ethics) To assist in the continued development of moral and ethical reasoning and reflection by encouraging creative thinking regarding individual and community concerns and needs, the challenging of prejudices and stereotypes, and examining rational and ethical bases of constructive social interactions.
Topical Outline
African Origins and Slave Religion The Slave’s Narrative The Spirituals Richard Allen and the Independent Church Movement Civil War and Reconstruction: What is the role of the African American after slavery?: Missions and Africa DuBois and Double Consciousness Blues, Gospel, and Jazz Martin Luther King and the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement Nation of Islam: Muhammed Ali and Malcolm X African Religions in the New World
General Education Core
CORE V: Social Sciences