The Social History of Religion

1.5 credits · Graduate

Explores selected topics in the social history of religion in the context of Canada, the United States and Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focuses on Christianity, but also touches on other faith traditions. Topics to be explored may include popular religion, religion and mass culture, spirituality, colonialism, secularization, immigration and assimilation, religion and health, religious conflicts and prejudices and issues of class, race, gender, sexuality and family life as they relate to religion.