HIS-410: History American Spirituality

This course will explore the role of spiritual traditions in American history from the colonial period to the present. The course will ask the questions, "How has religion impacted the development of the United States?" and "What are the origins of American religious diversity?" Among the topics addressed will be religious practices of Indigenous people, the evolution of American Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism, the religious practices of immigrant groups, 19th century religious sects, the rise of Afro-Christianity and Black churches, and the twentieth and twenty-first century religious movements.