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History of American Religion, 1865 to Present will consider the varieties of American religious experience while keeping in mind the importance of pluralism in the U.S. context.

Schedule

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August 27, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 1

September 03, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 2

Labor Day: No Class

September 10, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 3

Reading

Tweed, Thomas. American Encounter with Buddhism 1844-1912: Victorian Culture & the Limits of Dissent. University of North Carolina Press, 2000.

September 17, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 4

Reading

Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks. Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement and the Black Baptist Church, 1880-1920. Harvard UP, 2006.

Writing

Project Proposal Topic
September 24, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 5

Reading

Winston, Diane. Red Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army. Harvard UP, 2000.

Writing

First book review essay
October 01, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 6

Reading

Wacker, Grant. Heaven Below: Early Pentacostals and American Culture. Harvard UP, 2003.

October 09, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 7

Columbus Day: Class meets on Tuesday

Reading

Marsden, George. Fundamentalism and American Culture. Oxford UP, 2006.

Writing

Project Significance Draft
October 15, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 8

Reading

Watts, Jill. God, Harlem U.S.A.: The Father Divine Story. University of California, 1995.

Writing

Second book review
October 22, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 9

Reading

Orsi, Robert. The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950 . Yale UP, 2002.

October 29, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 10

November 05, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 11

Reading

McDannell, Colleen. Material Christianity: Religion and Popular Culture in America . Yale UP, 1998.

November 12, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 12

Reading

McGreevy, John. Parish Boundaries: The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth Century Urban North. University of Chicago Press, 1998.

November 19, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 13

Reading

Moore, Deborah Dash. GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation. Belknap, 2006.

Writing

Third book review
November 26, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 14

Reading

Oppenheimer, Mark. Knocking on Heaven's Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture . Yale UP, 2003.

Writing

Project Proposal full draft
December 03, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Week 15

Reading

Allitt, Patrick. Religion in America since 1945: A History. Columbia UP, 2004.

December 10, 2007 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm

Final Projects

Writing

Final Project Proposal