HIS 327 REL/POWR/SOCIETY IN MOD AFRICA

This course examines the relationship between religious practices/identities, social change, and political transformation across Africa from the 19^th century to the present.  Themes to be explored will include religious pluralism, African traditional religions, Islamic reform and politics, Messianic movements, Christianity, Pentecostalism, as well as religious fundamentalism, resistance, missionary practices, and globalization.