"The religious atmosphere of the country was the first
thing that struck me . . ."
-- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Welcome to the official website for the Fall 2008 version of "Religion in American History." You should regularly check this website for updates and use it to answer any questions you may have about the course.

For quick reference's sake, I've listed below what's coming down the pipe in the next few weeks.

Updated: 7/24/08

SECTION I - Conceptualizing Religion and American Religious History (August 18-20)

M: Introduction: Advertising the Course

W: Workshop
- Assignment #1: Read the syllabus and the University's Academic Honesty Policy.
- Assignment #2: Read, sign, detach, and turn in the Course Contract from pg. 6 of this syllabus.
- Assignment #3: Address the following: Is UGA football a religion? Why or why not? Type your answers and bring them to class today.

SECTION II - Religious Encounters (August 22-Sept. 1)

F: Lecture
- Assignment #1: Read the syllabus and the University's Academic Honesty Policy.
- Assignment #2: Read, sign, detach, and turn in the Course Contract from pg. 6 of the syllabus.
- Assignment #3: Read Butler, et al., Religion in American Life, pp. 18-22, (starts with "America's Indians also proved to be deeply religious."), 100-107 (starts with "The story of Native American religion…" and ends with, ". . . cleared the way for survival into modern times.")

M: Lecture
- Assignment #1: Read Butler, et al., Religion in American Life, pp. 23-50

W: Lecture
- Assignment #1: Sign-up for Final Assignment Topics

F: Workshop
- Assignment #1: Read in Course Packet, "Natural Religion" from Gaustad and Noll, eds., A Documentary History of Religion in America to 1877 (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003), pp. 9-23.
- Assignment #2: Read Course Packet, "New Spain," and "New France," Gaustad and Noll, A Documentary History of Religion in America to 1877, pp. 24-42.
- Assignment #3: Do Source Analysis #1

M: NO CLASS - LABOR DAY

 

RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST3150 - LeConte Hall 321 - MWF 2:30-3:20pm