CAST 408 - Race, Religion and Citizenship

FC SSCI CD

4 credits
Scholars in American and Religious Studies have long noted the ways that religion has been central to American social and political transformation. This reading seminar invites students to explore some of most important challenges and transformations in contemporary American life and the ways that race, citizenship and religion are mobilized to frame enduring problems as well as possible solutions. By focusing on issues such as sanctuary movements, prison ministries, immigrant adaptation, and popular cultural representations of racialized religion, this seminar explores the ways religious practices inform social transformations and are constitutitive in racialized citizenship projects.