Race and Religion in US History.

Catalog description

This class will look at the history of religion and race in the United States with a specific focus on how Christianity has been used both to create and to maintain racial hierarchies, and to tear them down. Students will explore the broad sweep of religion and race, and dig into specific moments in which historical actors have worked together for reconciliation and justice, while tracing how the meanings of those goals have changed over time. Most chronological focus will be in the twentieth century.