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2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

RELS 342 - African Religions in the Americas and the Caribbean

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An interdisciplinary study of the history, beliefs, and practices of various religious systems of knowledge in the Americas and the Caribbean sharing cultural origins in West and Central Africa. Topics explored include spirit manifestation, divination as a “technology” of relationship, embodiment and religious expression, gender construction and performance, and cultural identity formation. Religious systems and geographic regions typically covered include Candomblé (Brazil), Santería (Cuba), Obeah (Jamaica), Kumina (Jamaica), and Vodun (Haiti and North America). See department chair.