This course is a survey of religion in America from the pre-colonial era to the present. Although this is a large class, our goal will be to explore together certain moments and themes in American religious history that have significantly shaped the development of the nation as a whole. The following texts are available at the UNC Student Bookstore. They are also on reserve at the Undergraduate Library. Edwin S. Gaustad, A Religious History of America, rev.
All exams are closed-book.
Henry W. Bowden and James P. Ronda, eds. Richard Allen, Autobiography, in Gaustad, Documentary History, vol. Clifton Johnson, ed. To review introductory course syllabi prepared in other phases of the Young Scholars in American Religion project follow the links provided below. Last update on February 25, 1998.