CWL 226

Spring 2023 All Classes

All Classes

Credit: 3 hours.

Same as AFRO 224. See AFRO 224.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - US Minority
Humanities – Lit & Arts
CWL 226 class schedule data for spring 2023
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
39655
Lecture-Discussion
1
9:30AM -10:50AM
TR
134 Armory
McKinnis, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/23-05/03/23
Degree Notes:
Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Slavery & Religion In Blk Exp
Section Info:
AFRO 224: Course Title: "Slavery and Religion in the Black Experience." Course Summary: The enslavement of kidnapped Africans in North America was not simply a social, political, or economic problem. Rather, the institution of chattel slavery was inextricably tied to the religious and cosmological imagination of the colonial settler. One might say “empireligion.” This course scrutinizes theological and religious claims and practices of slaveholding North America, particularly in relation to the question of the materiality of enslavement. In a constructive move, participants will examine the undercurrent – or fugitive – imagination of enslaved Africans in their quest to assert and perform a sort of religion otherwise. In so doing, course attendees will pay close attention the organization of the “invisible institution” – that clandestine religious world of enslaved radicals – including theological meditations that offered a retort to, and rejection of, slaveholding empireligion. We will consider a variety of sources in the archive, including spirituals, narratives, and testimony, as a way of listening to the voices in the aftermath. Note: Course meets with Religion (REL) 199 and (CWL) 226
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