Christianity, Race, and the American Nation

1 credits · Divinity School

Religion is diffused throughout American life and culture; it is lived and practiced in complex—and sometimes contradictory—ways across the nation's many miles and demographics. Race as a concept is a constantly shifting chimera which nevertheless bestows or denies historic, economic, and social benefits to those it defines. Christianity, Race, and the American Nation will explore the major themes of African American religious history as people of African descent battled slavery, survived Jim Crow segregation, pushed for equality in the Civil Rights Movement, and eventually came to see a man of African elected President of the United States.