{"id":21522,"date":"2022-06-01T16:59:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=21522"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:19:53","slug":"hi-349-history-of-religion-in-precolonial-africa","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/hi-349-history-of-religion-in-precolonial-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"HI 349: History of Religion in Precolonial Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"profile-single-bio\">\n<h3>Spring 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/john-thornton\/\">John Thornton<\/a><\/h3>\n<table width=\"435\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Start<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Stop<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Bld<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TR<\/td>\n<td>9:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>10:45 AM<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-636x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"48\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-636x153.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-768x185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-1024x247.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700.jpg 1459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><span>The study of the development of religious traditions in Africa during the period prior to European colonialism. An emphasis on both indigenous religions and the growth and spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the continent as a whole. Also offered as CAS AA 382 and CAS RN 382.\u00a0<\/span><span><strong>BU Hub Areas (Effective Spring 2021):<\/strong> <strong>Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/spring-2024-courses\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring.png 1250w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-636x159.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-800x200.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"author":20057,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20057"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26769,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21522\/revisions\/26769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}