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Academic Year 2001/2002

Religion in U.S. America
RELI 222 FA

This course is an introduction to religion in the United States, with an emphasis on the diverse cultural influences that have informed spiritual and religious life for Americans. The course materials are aimed at acquainting you with some of the major themes in American religion, taking into account the perspectives of actors who have been traditionally underrepresented in U.S. society. We will study religion and the colonial project, slave religion, revivalism and the Great Awakening, Mormons and Millerites, Afro-Christianity, Fundamentalism, and selected U.S. Catholicisms and Judaisms, as well as new immigrant religions (Santeria/Lukumi, Rastafari). We will be interested in asking why the U.S. has generated new religious traditions and what the e ffect of this dynamic has had on American life.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): McAlister,Elizabeth   

Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: BTFDA413

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: 5   Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 3   Jr. non-major: 2   SO: 2   FR: 2

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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