April 15 Lincoln and the Civil War Gaustad/Schmidt, 184-202; Hill, Religious Ethics, Moral Values, and Standards for Human Conduct, 79-96 Fifth paper (4-5 pages): Discuss strengths and weaknesses as well as scope and limits of the idea of religious liberty as original American myth. Due at beginning of lecture. April 17 The Forces of Modernity: Reform Judaism Read: Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath April 22 Martyrdom: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer I Read: Selections from Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison First draft of sixths paper (7-8 pages): book on the Sabbath before Interpret Heschel’s the background of the theories of myth and ritual. Due at beginning of lecture. April 24 Martyrdom: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer II Read: Willmer, Costly Discipleship, 173-189 April 29 From Billy Graham to the Civil Rights Movement Read: Gaustad/Schmidt, 349-397; Two selected speeches by Martin Luther King; Bhattacharyya, Social Activism and Engagement, 115-134 Comments on sixths paper due at beginning of lecture. May 1 From the Culture Wars to 21st-Century Pluralism Read: Gaustad/Schmidt, 398-427; Eck, A New Religious America, 26-79 May 6 Pluralism Paired With Social Activism (Eboo Patel: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Global Religious Crisis) Read: Eboo Patel, Acts of Faith; Aslan, No god but God, 249-266; Two Texts on and “Islam Pluralism” Revised paper due at beginning of lecture. May 8 Conclusion Final paper (7-8 pages): How does Eboo and the idea of an American Islam Patel’s story fit into the story of religion in America? Due by Tuesday, May 13, 12:00 PM in my mailbox - # 5045 in the Mosse Humanities building.
April 15 Lincoln and the Civil War Gaustad/Schmidt, 184-202; Hill, Religious Ethics, Moral Values, and Standards for Human Conduct, 79-96 Fifth paper (4-5 pages): Discuss strengths and weaknesses as well as scope and limits of the idea of religious liberty as original American myth. Due at beginning of lecture. April 17 The Forces of Modernity: Reform Judaism Read: Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath April 22 Martyrdom: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer I Read: Selections from Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison First draft of sixths paper (7-8 pages): Interpret Heschel’s book on the Sabbath before the background of the theories of myth and ritual. Due at beginning of lecture. April 24 Martyrdom: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer II Read: Willmer, Costly Discipleship, 173-189 April 29 From Billy Graham to the Civil Rights Movement Read: Gaustad/Schmidt, 349-397; Two selected speeches by Martin Luther King; Bhattacharyya, Social Activism and Engagement, 115-134 Comments on sixths paper due at beginning of lecture. May 1 From the Culture Wars to 21st-Century Pluralism Read: Gaustad/Schmidt, 398-427; Eck, A New Religious America, 26-79 May 6 Pluralism Paired With Social Activism (Eboo Patel: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Global Religious Crisis) Read: Eboo Patel, Acts of Faith; Aslan, No god but God, 249-266; Two Texts on “Islam and Pluralism” Revised paper due at beginning of lecture. May 8 Conclusion Final paper (7-8 pages): How does Eboo Patel’s story and the idea of an American Islam fit into the story of religion in America? Due by Tuesday, May 13, 12:00 PM in my mailbox - # 5045 in the Mosse Humanities building.
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