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SCAR 3CC3

RELIGION AND POLITICS

Undergraduate

Fall 2025 · C01

Readings

  • Political Theology
    Schmitt · Required
    ISBN 9780226738895
  • Letter Concerning Toleration
    Locke · Required
    ISBN 9780915145607
  • Etext Writing With Sources Lifetime Access
    Harvey · Required
    ISBN 9781624667046; 9781624665547
  • Etext A Pocket Style Manual - Lifetime Access
    Hacker · Required
    ISBN 9781319563172; 9781319413019
Fall 2025 · T01

Topics

  • WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF READINGS & ASSIGNMENTS
  • September 3 – Introduction
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  • September 4–10
  • Peter Schotten and Dennis Stevens, Religion, Politics, and the Law (1996), chap. 1: “European Roots,” 3–13; chap. 2: 24–32
  • James Madison, A Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments (1785)
  • United States Constitution – see especially Amendment I (1791)
  • September 11–17
  • Schotten/Stevens, Religion, Politics, and the Law , chap. 1: 17–23 (“The Political Aftermath”)
  • September 18–24
  • September 25–October 1
  • October 2–22
  • Robert N. Bellah, “Civil Religion in America” (1967), from Beyond Belief [print personal copy from distributed file]
  • Tuesday, October 28, 12–2 p.m.: Exam Review (on Zoom)
  • October 30–November 5
  • November 6–12
  • November 13–19
  • November 20–26
  • Williams, “Civil and Religious Law in England,” cont’d
  • Bruker v. Marcovitz , 2007 SCC 54

Readings

  • Details on how to obtain the optional supplementary readings mentioned in the schedule below will be communicated by email.
    Recommended / optional
  • John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration , ed. James Tully (Hackett). PRINT ONLY. ISBN 9780915145607 [required]
    See source
  • Carl Schmitt, Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (U of Chicago Press) PRINT ONLY. ISBN 9780226738895 [required]
    See source
  • Gordon Harvey, Writing with Sources. A Guide for Students , 3rd ed. (Hackett, 2017). Can be either Print: ISBN 978-1624665547 or E-book [required]
    See source
  • Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, A Pocket Style Manual, 10th ed. (2025). Can be either Print: ISBN:9781319413019 or E-book: ISBN:9781319563172 [strongly recommended]
    See source
  • you are able to purchase used copies e.g., by searching on AbeBooks (make sure the edition has the same ISBN as above and avoid marked-up copies); and/or
    See source
  • Mills Library ↗
  • self-service (or full-service) copying/printing in the basement of the McMaster Student Centre ↗
  • Print Reserve ↗
  • AbeBooks ↗
Sources