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Academic Year 2000/2001


Religion and History
HIST 323 SP

Crosslistings:
COL 318
RELI 298
Clusters:
Christian Studies

The course will examine some ways that historians have understood the role of religion in history. Readings will reflect a wide variety of theoretical, theologial and disciplinary perspectives. They will focus for the most part on Christianity (Western and non-Western), with a few titles on Asian and African religions.

MAJOR READINGS

Rossible readings:
Weber, PROTESTANT ETHIC
Comaroff and Comaroff, REVELATION AND REVOLUTION
Sanneh, TRANSLATING THE MESSAGE
Ileto, PASYON AND REVOLUTION
Erikson, GANDHIS TRUTH
Rafael, CONTRACTING COLONIALISM
Ginzburg, THE CHEESE AND THE WORMS
Eaton, THE RISE OF ISLAM AND THE BENGAL FRONTIER
Thompson, RISE OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS
Brown, BODY AND SOCIETY
Thomas, RELIGION AND THE DECLINE OF MAGIC

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several small papers, one large paper, class participation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

No extensions, no late papers, no incompletes. COL students must take this course credit/unsatisfactory. All other students must take this course for letter grade. There are no prerequisites for the course, but students must obtain permission from the instructor to preregister.

This course fulfills a "Critical Theory" requirement for Religion majors.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Elphick,Richard H.   
Times: ..T.... 07:00PM-10:00PM;     Location: PAC104
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 15)
SR. major:    Jr. major:
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO:    FR:

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing
Permission:    Permission of Instructor Required
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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