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Academic Year 2000/2001

Religion and Social Change in the Americas
LAST 227 FA
Crosslistings:
AMST 227
Clusters:
Christian Studies

This course explores the ways in which religion affects and is affected by recent social changes in the Americas. A special emphasis will be placed on the roles religion plays in the articulation of social movements built around class, gender, and race issues. Topics will include the shifting character of the Catholic church in Latin America; the rapid growth of evangelical Protestantism among people at the margins, especially women, immigrants, and indigenous people; African American churches and African-based religions and the rise of black identity; and relations among religion, migration, and assimilation. The readings, which will include ethnographies of various religious communities, will seek to compare and contrast Latin American and U.S. c ases

MAJOR READINGS

To be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

To be announced.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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