Politics, Religion, and Mass Social Protest Movements in American Democratic Society

3 units

This course will focus on examining the roles of religion, politics, and mass religious and social protest movements in American democratic society, such as the anti-slavery movement, prohibition and temperance, women's suffrage, gender issues, the Nation of Islam, the Civil Rights movement, and the moral majority. We will examine how religion and politics, in conjunction with mass religious and social protest movements, have both played essential roles, individually, as well as collectively, in influencing public policy and shaping the political landscape of American Democratic Society.