Apr 18, 2025  
Undergraduate Record 2023-2024 
    
Undergraduate Record 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

RELG 3713 - Black Religion and the Criminal Justice System


Effective Start Date: 04/21/2022
This course examines the relationship between black religion and the criminal justice system in the U.S. from Jim Crow to the Black Lives Matter era. We will focus on the ideas, lived experiences, and activism of the incarcerated; religious engagements with policing; and movements for criminal justice reform and prison abolition. Authors likely will include Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Elijah Muhammad.

Requisites: Students can’t enroll if previously taken RELG 3559 topic #65 Religion and Criminal Justice

Credits: 3