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RELI218
Religion in America
RELI218 FA
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 25 | 0 | Times: .T.T... 1:10PM-2:30PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998
)
This course is intended as 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 under-represented 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 tradition and what the effect of this dynamic has
had on American life.
MAJOR READINGS
Catherine L. Albanese, AMERICA: RELIGIONS
AND RELIGION
Ann Bruade, RADICAL SPIRITS
Nancy Ammerman, BIBLE BELIEVERS
Robert Orsi, MADONNA OF 115TH STREET
Jill Watts, GOD, HARLEM, USA
Karen McCarthy Brown. MAMA LOLA: A VODOU PRIESTESS IN
BROOKLYN
Sherry Reynolds, THE RAPTURE OF CANAAN
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly response papers,
attendance, three critical essays.
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: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS RELI
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- McAlister, E
- Times: .T.T... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 3, Jr: 3, So: 1, Fr: 2
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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