History 4790:
American Religions

General Information
• History 4790: Syllabus

Lecture Notes
• Lecture 1: Christian Origins
• Lecture 2: Protestant Beliefs and Rituals
• Lecture 3: Denominations and Protestant America
• Lecture 4: Revivalism and Frontier Protestantism
• Lecture 5: African American Christianity through the Great Migration
• Lecture 6: American Imperialism and Christian Civilization
• Lecture 7: Modernists and Fundamentalists
• Lecture 8: Civil Rights Movements
• Lecture 9: Indian History and Plains Culture
• Lecture 10: Native American Worldview
• Lecture 11: Kiowa Rituals
• Lecture 12: Catholic Immigrants in Urban America
• Lecture 13: Catholic Beliefs and Rituals
• Lecture 14: Vatican II and Contemporary Catholics
• Lecture 15: Introduction to Muslims in America
• Lecture 16: Islamic Beliefs and Rituals

Course Readings
• Chap. 7: "English Hymnody in Early America" by Michael J. McClymond
• Chap. 8: "Freedom Songs and the Civil Rights Movement" by Paul Harvey
• Chap. 10: "African American Spirituals" Paul Harvey
• Chap. 12: "Temperance Songs" by Carolyn DeSwarte Gifford
  All selections from Religions of the United States in Practice, Vol. 1, Ed. Colleen McDannell
• Chap. 3: "Bread and Mortar: The Presence of Roman Catholicism
  Selection from Catherine Albanese, America: Religions and Religion

Faith Community Field Reports
• About Field Reports
• List of Faith Communities
• Faith Communities Report Evaluation
• Khadeeja Mosque

Homework and Study Guides
• Study Questions for Albert J. Raboteau, Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South
• Vocabulary List for Midterm

Additional Resources
• Music List for History 4790
• Media with Links
• Instructions on Streaming Media
• Islamic Prayer
• Comparison of Sunni and Shia Islam

Writing Help
• The Ten Commandments of Writing
• Common Writing Errors