AADS3000 · African and African Diaspora Studies

Black Church Black Protest

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

"This ain't yo mama's civil rights movement." Then whose is it, what fuels it, and why? Taking the urgency of the #blacklivesmatter movement as a point of departure, this course considers the theological premise and political role of the "Black Church" in U.S. social movements for liberation. From the slave rebellions of the antebellum South to the religious icons of the Civil Rights Movement, this course focuses on reading and writing that centers African American religious experience--as well as understandings of morality, power, intersectional identity, and leadership--to contextualize the moral investments along the continuum of movements for black lives.