Afro-Braz & Carib Religions

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In a journey more than geographic, Africans in the New World lost all symbolic means of their religious expressions. Still, African religions and cultures survived to play critical roles in forging new religions. How? For answers, students explore the hermeneutical ways in which African descended groups contextualized their environment and created syncretistic religions like Candomble, Voodoo, Obeah and formation of black churches. Course offering varies.