Course Description: biblical interpretation in black America from 1865 to the present.

Prerequisite Course(s) & requirements other than coursework: At least junior standing or permission of the Department.

Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited

C. H. Felder, ed., Stony the Road We Trod

Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love

1. To make students aware of the approaches to the interpretation of the Bible in the Black community.
2. To enable students to understand the historical reasons why these differences exist.

1. Biblical Studies in the Post-Enlightenment Period
2. 19^th Century African American Interpreters of Scripture
3. Black Biblical Hermeneutics: 1900-1950
4. Black Biblical Hermeneutics: 1950 to the Present

1. Thurman, forerunner to King, Cone, & Felder
2. King, the student of Thurman
3. Cone & Liberation Theology: A Marxist Appropriation of Thurman
4. Felder: Advancing Thurman into the 21^st Century

V. Course summation and conclusion

The University of Georgia insisted upon the highest standards of moral conduct in all its courses. In keeping with the University Honor Code and Academic Honesty Policy, each student is expected to do his/her own academic work and to acknowledge fully any assistance and/or any academic resource. All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty." Each student is responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing any academic work.

1. Each student must complete all required readings.
2. Each student is expected to participate fully each day in class discussions.
3. Each student is expected to attend every class session. (Students are allowed one unexcused absence per credit hour.)
4. Students should notify the instructor as soon as possible if personal crises or academic conflicts (e.g., two examinations on the same day) arise.
5. Make-up examinations will be considered on an individual basis.

1. Two examinations: a midterm and a final examination (48% each)
2. Class attendance and participation (4%)