Colonialism, Shamanism, and Spiritualities

Undergraduate

Encounter of Christianity with Indigenous religious ritual and spirituality in colonial and modern Latin American and the Caribbean. Spirtiual domination, resistance, shamans, taitas, curanderos, medicine men and women as mediators between the physical world and the worlds of Spirit, between European and Indigenous sacred and ritual worlds. Contemporary neo-shamanism and ancestor spirituality. Course Format: Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Course Notes: This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term.