Teaching African American ReligionsCarolyn M. Jones, Theodore Louis Trost The variety and complexity of its traditions make African American religion one of the most difficult topics in religious studies to teach to undergraduates. The sheer scope of the material to be covered is daunting to instructors, many of whom are not experts in African American religious traditions, but are called upon to include material on African American religion in courses on American Religious History or the History of Christianity. Also, the unfamiliarity of the subject matter to the vast majority of students makes it difficult to achieve any depth in the brief time allotted in the survey courses where it is usually first encountered. The essays in this volume will supply functional, innovative ways to teach African American religious traditions in a variety of settings. |
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... History 6. " Testifying " and " Testimony ” : Autobiographical Narratives and African American Religions , 95 Moses N. Moore , Jr. 7. Rethinking the Core : African and African American Religious Perspectives in the Seminary Curriculum ...
... History 6. " Testifying " and " Testimony ” : Autobiographical Narratives and African American Religions , 95 Moses N. Moore , Jr. 7. Rethinking the Core : African and African American Religious Perspectives in the Seminary Curriculum ...
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... religions , African American religions , and North American religious history . He is the coauthor of Introducing Latino / a Theologies with Miguel A. De La Torre ; together they are also the editors of A Handbook of La- tina / o ...
... religions , African American religions , and North American religious history . He is the coauthor of Introducing Latino / a Theologies with Miguel A. De La Torre ; together they are also the editors of A Handbook of La- tina / o ...
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... American Women , Spirituality and Healing ( 2004 ) . Moses N. Moore , Jr. , is Associate Professor of American and African American Religious History in the Religious Studies Department at Arizona State Uni- versity . His research is ...
... American Women , Spirituality and Healing ( 2004 ) . Moses N. Moore , Jr. , is Associate Professor of American and African American Religious History in the Religious Studies Department at Arizona State Uni- versity . His research is ...
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... origin : seeing the links between them and bridging the gaps that obscure the links . Such an activity involves two key themes of this volume : memory and history . Our mining is not meant to violate the motherlode , or to strip it of ...
... origin : seeing the links between them and bridging the gaps that obscure the links . Such an activity involves two key themes of this volume : memory and history . Our mining is not meant to violate the motherlode , or to strip it of ...
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... American Religion on autobiography and biog- raphy . The historical text is Gayraud S. Wilmore's Black Religion and Black Radicalism : An Interpretation of the Religious History of African Americans.2 We read : Frederick Douglass's ...
... American Religion on autobiography and biog- raphy . The historical text is Gayraud S. Wilmore's Black Religion and Black Radicalism : An Interpretation of the Religious History of African Americans.2 We read : Frederick Douglass's ...
Contents
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Challenges to the Textual Canon and the Regnant History | 93 |
Decoding and other Modes of Analysis | 173 |
Teaching the Religion behind the Veil | 241 |
Index | 245 |
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