Readings in Modern American Religious History

Undergraduate / Graduate

Why is religion so powerful in the United States? This course will answer that question by tracing the religious history of America from the late nineteenth century to the present. Our readings will be new and classic texts on religion in the United States, and our goals will be twofold: to get a grasp of American religious historiography, and to explore the major trends which have shaped religion in the United States over the past century and a half.