RLST011 PO - Africana Religion and Politics

When Offered: One-time only; Spring 2023
Instructor(s): N. Smith Robert
Credit: 1

This course examines the religious influences of African Spirituality on radical politics of liberation and abolitionist futures. We will examine lessons from the African Diaspora that are instructive for both global and U.S. freedom struggles, specifically with respect to spaces and practices of incarceration in the U.S. Students will study a village in Malawi and the use of indigenous spirituality to defy patriarchal norms and promote woman empowerment that harnesses an ethic of care, along with abolitionist principles to create sustainable social interventions for communal flourishing.

Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3;