African Traditional Religions

Catalog description

The purpose of the course is to introduce students to African Traditional Religions (ATR) practiced among many African societies in sub-Saharan Africa. Like other courses in the study of religion, this course will illustrate the ways in which religion is a dimension of human experience by exploring what ATR is and why and how it answers significant human questions of meaning in the context of the African moral universe. Aside from acquainting students with some of the major themes and practices of ATR, the course will demonstrate how these play a role in the contemporary encounter between Christianity and African culture in the modern world.