Exploring American Religious History

This class sheds light on religion-™s deep roots in American history in order to help students understand its continued significance today. The course is divided into five thematic units, each offering a different  way of understanding religion in America: 1) through the lens of the supernatural, 2) in its  entanglements with race, 3) as women-™s history, 4) as entwined with American politics, and 5) in contemporary culture. Each unit begins with a session titled -œWhat-™s at stake?-, which focuses on secondary source debates over the topic more broadly. Other sessions in the unit typically pair a brief secondary source reading on the day-™s specific topic with primary sources.

 

This syllabus was created for the Young Scholars in American Religion program.

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