- Author
- Jones, Carolyn J. and Theodore Louis Trost, eds.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, New York, NY
- ISBN
- 9780195167986
- Table of Contents
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Introduction : mining the motherlode of African American religious experience
ch. 1 Teaching in the contact zone : the African American religions course in the large public university (Carolyn M. Jones)
ch. 2 On the plantation (Nancy A. Hardesty)
ch. 3 Border disputes : honoring our ancestors, honoring ourselves (Stephanie Y. Mitchem)
ch. 4 Incorporating the African American religious experience into the community college curriculum and classroom (Mary Jane Horton)
ch. 5 "I want to be ready!" : teaching Christian education in the African American experience (Yolanda Y. Smith)
ch. 6 "Testifying" and "testimony" : autobiographical narratives and African American religions (Moses N. Moore, Jr.)
ch. 7 Rethinking the core : African and African American religious perspectives in the seminary curriculum Edwin David Aponte)
ch. 8 Acknowledging diversity in the American Catholic experience (Bernadette McNary-Zak)
ch. 9 "Making a way out of no way" : interpreting the Praxis of the black church for theological education (Daphne C. Wiggins)
ch. 10 Tribal talk : African ancestral spirituality as a resource for wholeness (Will "Esuyemi" Coleman)
ch. 11 Teaching from the crossroads : on religious healing in African diaspora contexts in the Americas (Linda L. Barnes)
ch. 12 Teaching African American religions as learning to resist racism (Peter R. Gathje)
ch. 13 Teaching African religions at a traditionally white institution in the south (Ralph C. Watkins)
ch. 14 Watching for religion and race at the movies (Theodore Louis Trost)
Afterword : teaching the religion behind the Veil (Emilie M. Townes)
AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series (Oxford University Press)
The variety and complexity of its traditions make African American religion one of the most difficult topics in religious studies to teach to undergraduates. The sheer scope of the material to be covered is daunting to instructors, many of whom are not experts in African American religious traditions, but are called upon to include material on African American religion in courses on American Religious History or the History of Christianity. Also, the unfamiliarity of the subject matter to the vast majority of students makes it difficult to achieve any depth in the brief time allotted in the survey courses where it is usually first encountered. The essays in this volume will supply functional, innovative ways to teach African American religious traditions in a variety of settings. (From the Publisher)
The variety and complexity of its traditions make African American religion one of the most difficult topics in religious studies to teach to undergraduates. The sheer scope of the material to be covered is daunting to instructors, many of whom are not experts in African American religious traditions, but are called upon to include material on African American religion in courses on American Religious History or the History of Christianity. Also, the unfamiliarity of the subject matter to the vast majority of students makes it difficult to achieve any depth in the brief time allotted in the survey courses where it is usually first encountered. The essays in this volume will supply functional, innovative ways to teach African American religious traditions in a variety of settings. (From the Publisher)