AIS 341

Spring 2008 All Classes

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Native People and Christianity

Credit: 3 hours.

An interdisciplinary survey of the native religious experience, focusing on the native encounter with Christianity. Charts the cultural context for native religious history and explores native religious diversity in the contemporary period, particularly the relationship between tribal and Christian traditions in reservation and urban communities. Class discussions address the broader theoretical and practical questions raised by the intersections of religion, culture, and politics in a diverse and conflicted world, and are supplemented by audiovisual materials and guest speakers.

Same as RLST 341. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.

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AIS 341 class schedule data for spring 2008
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	48363	Lecture-Discussion	A	3:30PM -4:50PM	MW	G20 Foreign Languages Building	Gilbert, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This course examines American Indian encounters with Christianity from the late 1400s to the present. By incorporating primary and secondary sources, this course seeks to explore the ways in which Christianity was used both as a method of colonization, and religious transformation. Topics covered in the course will include Native rejection and acceptance of Christianity, religious and philosophical tensions between Native communities and Christian missionaries, and the many complexities that exist when people from diverse religious cultures intersect