Courses

Students read and evaluate the works of selected Southern/Southwestern writers. material such as folklore, local color, and historical documents.

A study of the history of American religious beliefs and practices, and religion's influence on American society, from 1800 to the present.

A study of the history of American religious beliefs, practices, and influences on American society, from its colonial settlement to 1800.

This course surveys the development and change of religious communities, ideas, and movements in America and the social, cultural, economic, and political developments that affected them from the period before European colonization of North America to the present. History

This course in religious history explores the theological, social, and political evolution of religions and the development of the leading trends in religious beliefs and practices in the United States from pre-European encounters to the present. (WI).

American Religious History surveys the origins and development of religious ideas, communities, and movements in America from precolonial times to the present. The course evaluates how religion in various periods has engaged the social, cultural, economic, and political environment of the United States.

A study of the principal developments of religious experience and religious thought in the history of America, both Catholic and Protestant, alo n g with consideration of their impact on American culture.

Religious ideas and institutions from the colonial period to the present, including how religion has intersected with political and social history.

An introduction to American religious history from the first encounters between Native Americans and Europeans through the mid-nineteenth century. The course will explore important religious traditions and consider the connections between religious values and crucial questions in American history.

Selections from the major writers of the American literary renaissance, including such writers as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson.