Course Outline:

I. INTRODUCTION

A. The Study of Religion, and Religion in America.

B. Belief Systems, World Views, Religion, and Culture.

II. RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA

A. Native American Religion(s).

B. The Establishment of Christianity in the Thirteen Colonies.

III. RELIGION IN THE EARLY UNITED STATES

A. The Rise of Religious Freedom, the Declaration of Independence, and the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

B. Slave religion, and The African American Church in America.

C. Religion, Community, and Social Reform.

IV. RELIGION IN THE LATER UNITED STATES

A. Religion, Culture, Society, and Politics.

B. Jewish Religion, and the Nation of Islam.

C. Women and Religion in America.

V. NEW AND EMERGING RELIGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

A. New Age Religion.

B. Neo-Paganism.