History 4790:
American Religions
Fall 2010

General Information
• History 4790: Syllabus

Lecture Notes
• Lecture 1: Christian Origins
• Lecture 2: Protestant Beliefs
• Lecture 3: Protestant Denominations
• Lecture 4: Frontier Revivalism
• Lecture 5: AA to Great Migration
• Lecture 6: Imperialism and Civilization
• Lecture 7: Modernists and Fundamentalists
• Lecture 8: Civil Rights
• Lecture 9: Born Again
• Lecture 10: Native American History
• Lecture 11: NA World Views
• Lecture 12: Kiowa Rituals
• Lecture 13: We Shall Remain
• Lecture 14: Muslims in America
• Lecture 15: Islamic Beliefs and Rituals
• Lecture 16: Life After 9/11

Course Readings
From Catherine Abanese, America: Religions and Religion (1999)
• "Original Manyness: Native American Traditions"

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

Homework and Study Guides
• Study Guide, Way to Rainy Mountain
• Study Guide, Jesus Camp and With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right
• Study Guide, Mecca and Mainstreet: Muslim Life in America After 9/11
• Study Guide, Slave Religion

Additional Resources
• Instruction on Streaming Media
• Islamic Prayer
• Comparison of Sunni and Shia Islam

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