Saints & Gangsters: Hip-Hop, Black Religion, and Realness

AFR 279 / MUS 279 / REL 279

What does it mean to embody the role of the saint and the gangster? Or what does it mean to hold ultimate commitments to conflicting senses of reality? This seminar is dedicated to the history, analysis, and interpretation of these conflicts in secular and sacred music in the context of African Amer…

Religion, Race, & Colonialism: An Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 140

"Religion” is a concept directly tied to, and embedded in, practices of empire, race, conquest, and colonization. And yet we also use “religion” and related terms to describe the ways of knowing, living, and being that are most deeply meaningful to countless persons and communities worldwide. …

Senior Thesis

REL 457

Research for and writing of the senior thesis, under the direction of a member of the department. Majors writing a regular thesis register for REL 457 in the fall semester or REL 458 in the winter semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both REL 457 in the fall semester and 458 in the…