HIST 404 - Religion in Early America

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Texas A & M University-Commerce

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Religion in Early American History. Three semester hours. This course surveys the development of religion in North America from the Precontact Period to the end of the American Civil War, with an emphasis on the transplatation and evolution of European Christianity. Topics covered include American Indian and African religions as they developed in contact with missionizing Christianity in the colonial and early national contexts, the influence of Protestantism on American identity, the religious justifications for slavery, issues pertaining to religious tolerance and the separaton of church and state under the Constitution, the First and Second Great Awakenings, nineteenth-century reform movements and the role of religion in warfare from the Pequot War through the Civil War. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tamu-commerce.edu

Phone Number:

(903) 886-5081

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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