syllabus r265 winter 2015

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Religion 265-0-20

American Religious History: World War II to the Present

Tuesdays/Thursdays in Harris Hall 107, 9:30-10:50Winter Quarter 2015

Professor o!ert "# $rsi %e-&ail: r-orsi'north(estern#edu)

*ro(e Hall +-139$ffie hours: Wednesdays, 1:00-3:00

Teahin "ssistants:

.atherine uan %duan'u#north(estern#edu)

$ffie hours: Thursday, 3:00-+:00, and !y at#, *ro(e +-13

"aron oldenhauer %"aronoldenhauer2013'u#north(estern#edu)

$ffie hours: Tuesdays, 11:00-1:00, the for&er *ro(e *af4ye ees %yeees2016'u#north(estern#edu)

$ffie hours: Thursdays, 11:00-12:00, and !y at#, *ro(e +-13

"ra& arisian %"ra&arisian2012'u#north(estern#edu)

$ffie hours: Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00, 8niorn *af4%htt://(((#uniornafe#o&)

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Purposes of the Course: This ourse e=a&ines &aAor deelo&ents, &oe&ents, fiures,

and ontroersies in "&erian reliious history in the 20th entury# The ti&e eriod (e

(ill oer is (ell (ithin onte&orary &e&ory, and so (e (ill !e e=lorin the reliious&ains of our o(n (orld, as (e enounter its ast# Ho( did (e et to (here (e are

today in "&erian reliious life and understandinB Where are (e todayB What do (e

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learn a!out ourseles throuh the lens of reliious historyB The reliious history of 20th

entury 8 is fasinatin and i&ortant# Cn the lanuaes and raties of reliious

traditions, old and ne(, inherited and inented, and in the o&any of their ods,"&erians dealt (ith (ar %hot and old), eono&i trau&a, su!ur!aniDation, and the

rises of the ities> they struled for raial, soial and eono&i Austie> and they &ade

lies for the&seles on the al(ays hanin landsae of the ountry#

Nuts and Bolts: Eou are ased to o&e to lass reared# Eou should at least try to si&

the dayFs readin !efore the lass day on (hih it is assined and ertainly al(ays !rinthe readin (ith you# All readings for the course may be found on the an!as

"ebsite# "here "e "ill also $ost occasional messages# as "ell as co$ies of any !isual

materials used in class% While "e do not ta&e attendance at the lectures '"e "ill for

the discussions(# you "ill learn more from the class if you attend faithfully%

*o&in to lass reared is eseially i&ortant on the days &ared )iscussion in the

sylla!us# $n these days, (e (ill &eet in Harris Hall !ut instead of a leture, the lass (ill

!e a se&inar %a ery lare se&inar, ad&ittedly)#

C realiDe for so&e of you the roset of seain in front of so &any fello( students isdauntin and C understand this# C (as ery nerous a!out seain in lass (hen C (as in

ollee> at ti&es it see&ed to &e that others ould literally see &y heart oundin aainst

&y hest (all# %C ased so&e friends one: they ouldnFtG) C (ant to enourae you to try#Those of you (ho hae taen lasses (ith &e !efore no( that C (ant &y lassroo& to

!e an intelletually e=itin sae, and also resetful and ood-sirited# o there is little

ris in seain uG

Writing re*uirements and tests are as follo"s: There (ill !e t(o uiDDes onsistin of

ery short identifiations of ey ter&s on the days seified# Eou are also ased to (rite

t(o ery short aers %3-5 aes &a=i&u&) on t(o of the te=ts (e (ill !e readin,seletions fro& einhold Iie!uhrFs Moral Man and Immoral Society %1932) and artin

;uther .in ?r#Fs J;etter fro& Kir&inha& ?ailL %1963)# C (ill suest tois and

uestions for the aers in adane# +he first $a$er is due on ,anuary 2 in class. the

second on /ebruary %

There (ill !e a final e=a&ination on +uesday# 1arch # from 2:00-2:00 in Harris

Hall 0% We (ill hae a reie( session durin readin (ee#

<radin is !ased on the follo(in erentaes: uiDDes %10M eah)> aers %25M eah)>

final e=a&ination %30M)#

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osa Pars and artin ;uther .in, ?r# in onto&ery, "la!a&a

3ectures4)iscussions: +o$ics and Readings

Tuesday 1/6 Introduction to the +hemes of the ourse

Thursday 1/ ey +erms in American Religious History# i!il War to WWI

Tuesday 1/13 ey +erms# ontinued

"ssin&ent: "t so&e oint this (ee, refera!ly !efore Thursday,

lease (ath on any deie the 1960 fil&, Inherit the Wind ,direted !y tanley .ra&er# This is a fitionaliDed aount of the

1925 oes Trial, (hih itted the atheist *larene arro(

aainst the *hristian Willia& ?ennins Kryan, in a strule !illed

as a ind of heay(eiht intelletual ha&ionshi, (ith the riDe !ein the soul of &odern "&eria# %Iote: the fil& (ill !e strea&ed

on the *anas site, fro& ?anuary 6 throuh ?anuary 13#

Thursday 1/15 3iberalism4/undamentalism

eadin: Harry N&erson osdi, Jhall the unda&entalists

WinBL %1922)

Tuesday 1/20 Religion and the Roaring 20s

eadins: JThe oia!le an,L fro& Krue Karton, The Man

Nobody Knows %1925)> etion 5, JNnain in eliious

Praties,L fro& o!ert # and Helen errell ;ynd, Middletown: A

Study in American Culture; ;anston Huhes, Jlae on the

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Thursday 1/22 Protestant 3iberals Hit the Wall: hristian )isgust "ith

Western i!iliation

eadin: einhold Iie!uhr, *haters 1, +, 5, and 10 fro&

Moral Man and Immoral Society %1932)

Tuesday 1/27 )iscussion: /rom the Roaring 20s to Religious )es$air

7ui 8 +oday

'In $re$aration for today9s discussion# $lease re!ie" all the

readings so far# and $lease bring the tets to class%(

Thursday 1/29 Religion and the ;ood War '/IR<+ PAP=R )>= +?)A@(

eadin: JWhy *halainsBL J"e aria,L J$ra Pro Io!isL OPrayor 8s, and JWar is y Parish,L fro& orothy re&ont <rant,

War is My Parish %19++)> JPu!li Nne&y,L fro& *laude "ndre(

*le, CCC, An Oriinal Man: The !i"e and Times o" #li$ah

Muhammad > also lease loo at these (e!sites:htt://(((#ho&eofheroes#o&/!rotherhood/halains#ht&l>

htt://(((#fourhalains#or/the-saa-of-the-four-halains/

Tuesday 2/3 ?ne War =nds# Another egins

eadin: *haters 6-9, ?ohn # onoan, ##, The Paoda and

the Cross: The !i"e o" %isho& 'ord o" Mary(noll; "#?# uste, JThe

an on the *ross "ainst the "to&i Ko&!,L fro& Not %y Miht:

Christianity)The Way to *uman +ecency %19+7)

The Serenity Prayer, now de"initi-ely attributed to .einhold Niebuhr, Written sometime in the /012s

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Thursday 2/5 +he Post-War Religious Re!i!al

eadin: *haters 9-12 in 3ust As I Am: The Autobiora&hy o"

%illy 4raham; readin: *haters 1 and 3 fro& ?oshua ;oth;ie!&an, Peace o" Mind %19+6)

Tuesday 2/10 African American Religions: /rom the ;reat 1igration to thei!il Rights 1o!ement

eadin: KenAa&in N# ays and ?oseh W# Iiholson, JThe

<enius of the Iero *hurhL> t# *lair rae and Horae #*ayton, JThe *hurhes of KronDeilleL> and a!!i atthe(,

JKla ?udais& in Harle&#L

+hursday 242 )iscussion: ing9s 3etter in American Religious History

Reading: Please read assigned selections from 1artin 3uther

ing# ,r%9s# B3etter from irmingham ,ailC and re!ie" all the

readings assigned since the last discussion meeting%

Tuesday 2/17 +he Re!olution in American atholicism

eadin: eletions fro& ?oseh # *ha&lin, The New 5et Old Mass %1973)

ather Phili and ather aniel Kerrian !urnin draft files in

*atonsille, aryland, 196

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Thursday 2/19 atholic Radicalism '<=?D) PAP=R )>= +?)A@(

@ie(in in lass: ;ynne ahs, In-estiation o" a 'lame: A

+ocumentary Portrait o" the Catons-ille 0

Tuesday 2/2+ )iscussion: atholic Radicalism# 3eft and Right

7ui 8 2 +odayEeadin: JThe N&erene of the iht to ;ife oe&ent,L fro&

.ristin ;uer, Abortion and the Politics o" Motherhood

Thursday 2/26 +he Rise of the De" Right

eadin: eletions fro& ?erry al(ell, !isten, America6 The

Conser-ati-e %lue&rint "or American7s Moral .ebirth; el White,

seletion fro& Straner at the 4ate %199+)

e# ?erry al(ell

ounder of the oral aAority

Tuesday 3/3 American Religion in the F0s: 1eet <heila

eadin: Jeliion,L fro& o!ert I# Kellah, and others, *abits o" the

*eart: Indi-idualism and Commitment in American !i"e %195)

Thursday 3/5 A De" Religious America: Plurality or Pluralism in ontem$orary

American ReligionG

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