Christianity in the Black Atlantic

1 credits · Divinity School

Christianity in the Black Atlantic examines how African-descended peoples developed Christian traditions throughout Africa, the Caribbean, Brazil, North America, and Europe, amidst slavery, empire, and migration. Framed by Paul Gilroy's Black Atlantic, the course examines syncretism, mission and empire, emancipation, Black theologies, and contemporary diasporic churches. Students gain historical, theological, and ethnographic tools to interpret Christianity as a transnational, racialized, and contested tradition.