MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

REL225  1995 Spring – 1999 Summer II

African-American Religions

1.

Trace the early historical context of African- American religious experience from African heritage to conversion of slaves. (I)

2.

Describe the origins of the African Methodist Church. (II)

3.

Identify and describe spiritual movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (III)

4.

Identify and describe contemporary movements and leaders in African-American religion. (IV)

5.

Describe the role of the National Baptist Convention in the American Civil Rights Movement. (V)

6.

Contrast historical perceptions of women's roles with those promoted by the Womanist Movement. (VI)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

REL225  1995 Spring – 1999 Summer II

African-American Religions

I. Historical Context

A. African heritage and the conversion of slaves

B. "The invisible institution"

II. Early African Methodist Churches

A. Emancipation

B. Contemporary African Methodist Episcopal churches

III. "The Invisible Institution" Made Visible

A. Spirituality of the "New Negroes"

B. The Church of God in Christ

C. Hoodoo

D. Sanctified churches

IV. Contemporary African-American Religious Leaders

A. Marcus Garvey and the African Orthodox Church

B. Urban prophets and storefront churches

C. Father Divine and the Peace Mission

D. Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam

E. Malcolm X

F. Louis Farrakhan

V. The National Baptist Convention

A. The Civil Rights Movement

B. Martin Luther King, Jr.

C. Contemporary Baptist churches

VI. The Womanist Movement

A. Traditional views of women's roles

B. Womanist views of women's roles