Pensum NORAM4584:
- Corrigan and Hudson, Religion in America (8th edition)
- American Piety in in 21st century: New Insights to the Depth and Complexity of Religion in the US, Selected Findings from the Baylor Religion Survey (Sept 2006)
http://www.isreligion.org/wp-content/uploads/American-Piety-Finall.pdf
- Class handouts: Selected Documents
- Individual pensum: Each MA student will choose, in consultation with me, approximately 500 pages of additional readings. These will be divided among 2-4 themes. At least one of the themes will be jointly agreed upon by all the MA students. MA students will meet with me as a group at the end of the first class and will sign up for individual meetings within the first two weeks of teaching. Some themes to consider are: Puritans; 1st, 2nd or 3rd Great Awakenings; Evangelicalism; feminism and religion; science and religion; religion and politics; constitutional challenges to religion; religion and social policy; Islam in the USA historically; Mormonism; 19th century social-religious experiments; African-American Religious history, Immigrant religion; etc.