Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2015-2016
RELI 355 - AMER CHRISTIANITY RACE BIOLOGY
Long Title: AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY, RACE, AND BIOLOGY, 1700-PRESENT
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: This course examines the relations between American Christianity, modern conceptions of race, and biological knowledge of human difference. We will explore how American understandings of race have been shaped, justified, and contested by a powerful resonance between two seemingly opposed traditions: religion and science. Cross-list: HURC 309.