History of Religion in U.S.History of Religion in U.S. (CH 641)
Term: 2012-13 Academic Year Graduate Spring
Description
CH 641 HISTORY OF RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES Designed as an examination of the African and European backgrounds out of which the various forms of American religion emerged with attention to the specific environments in which they flourished. Attention is given to the correlative and symbiotic developments of African-American and white religious traditions. The course also examines of the Reconstruction Era and the African-American preacher, the reversal of the Reconstruction, the appearance of Protestant polarities, non-Protestant immigrants, the Civil Rights Movement, and modern Protestant conservatism. The course ends with in-depth studies of the history, structure, and teachings of the various denominations, and other religious bodies, together with a study of the ecumenical movement among African-Americans as well as whites.