REL 226.001
African Diaspora Religions

Professor
Dr. Maha Marouan
mmarouan@bama.ua.edu

Office: 201 Manly Hall
Office Phone: 348-0473
Office Hour: to be announced
Course: MWF 11:00-11:50
Location: 207 Manly Hall

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Description

An examination of the spread of religious life in the Americas, emphasizing present institutions and practices; its African roots, its shape and function during slavery, and its development from Emancipation to the present.

Syllabus

Fall 2008 (PDF)

Books (required)

Sernett, Milton
Afro-American Religious History: A Documentary Witness, 2nd ed, 2000
Durham: Duke Univ Press
ISBN 0822324490

Raboteau, Albert J.
African-American Religion (March 1999)
Oxford Univ Press
0195106806

Online Readings

To be announced