Religion 355 - Religious Intolerance in the Contemporary United States

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Whitman College

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not offered 2008-09 This course explores several important facets of religious tolerance and intolerance in the United States today. It begins with the development of religious pluralism and the separation of church and state, but then questions the limits of this separation through examining the evidence for "public Protestantism" in the United States The rest of the course examines instances of religious intolerance in the United States - both intolerance of specific religions and religiously based intolerance of specific groups - in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Students will explore the contours of religious intolerance, from hate crimes and violent protest to more subtle events and attitudes in our own communities and our own lives, as well as ways to combat such intoleranc

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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