Participants in this survey course will examine religion in the USA from historical and socio-cultural perspectives. Our most persistent questions will be, “What is religion?” and “What is America?” We shall explore the contours of American culture and society as a setting in which various religions are imagined, established, nurtured, hindered, altered, valued, ignored, and/or abandoned. This course will include lectures, assigned readings, class discussions, student panels, and films/videos.

This syllabus was created for the Young Scholars in American Religion program.

D. Keith Naylor
Author

Occidental College
Institution

Private College or University
Institution Type

Syllabus
Resource Type

Intro, Undergraduate Course
Class Type

1993
Date Published

Religious Studies, American Studies
Discipline

General Comparative Traditions
Religous Tradition

Pluralism/Secularism/Culture Wars, Nationalism/War/Civil Religion
Topics