REL 244 - Religion in America

Institution:

La Salle University

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Description:

3 credits Concentration Option or Patterns 2 or A study of the origins of the American national character, the religious and secular roots which have nourished it, and the myths, especially those of being a chosen people, the myth of Progress, and that of unlimited freedom. The dominant Protestant tradition in its Calvinist, Evangelical and Fundamentalist forms will be examined, well as the the religious "outsiders" who came to be Americans: Catholics, Jews, Native Americans, Blacks, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and East Asians. The secular tradition will be explored as a religion of possessive individualism, and consumerism as new way of being religious. Finally, the apocalyptic strain in American thought will be considered as feeding the desire for American world empire.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lasalle.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 951-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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