This course will provide students an opportunity to think about how womanist scholars approach the study of religion and black women's religious experience. We will take up for examination the questions: "what do womanist scholars mean by womanist approaches to religion?" And, "what constitutes religion and religious experience?" The course is interdisciplinary and interfaith in its consideration of religion. Students will be introduced to the methods, aims, approaches, sources and disciplinary locations of womanist scholarship on religion. Particular attention will be given to the widening scope of womanist research on religion interms of methodology and religions. The class will engage our concerns through lecture, discussion and site observations.