Resources
A 1998 course by Ron Grimes at Wilfrid Laurier University "concentrates on the religious and cultural interactions of people who are of indigenous or African descent as they encounter European religion and culture."
A 2011 course by Bernadette Brooten and Wendy Cadge at Brandeis University "focuses on analyzing religious diversity in greater Boston and asking how religious practices and beliefs unite and divide communities."
A 2009 course by Scott Seay at Christian Theological Seminary explores "major developments in the religious history of the United States since 1945, with emphasis on how the church has negotiated the increasing pluralism of American society."
A course by Kevin Lewis at the University of South Carolina focuses on "the region's long cultural isolation, its tragic history, 'peculiar' heritage, politics, literature, geography, and weather" in relation to religious expressions.
A 2001 course by Courtney Bender at Columbia University analyzes "the contemporary positioning of religion and religious
A 2013 course by Wakoh Shannon Hickey at Alfred University "surveys American religious history from the 17th century to the late 20th century."
A course by Laura Ammon at Whittier College explores "various facets of the diverse face and immigrant nature of Religion in America since the sixteenth century."
A 2009 course by John Fea at Messiah College focuses "on the role of religion in the American founding era."
A 2006 course by Mark Oppenheimer at Hartford Seminary analyzes religion as "a locus of dissent and counterculture in the United States."
A 2011 course by Ira Chernus at the University of Colorado at Boulder focuses on "the values and cultural patterns that people in the U.S. tend to share in common" rather than "on organized religion."
Wabash Center Staff Contact
Sarah Farmer, Ph.D
Associate Director
Wabash Center
farmers@wabash.edu