History 4790:
American Religions

General Information
• History 4790: Syllabus

Lecture Notes
• Lecture 1: Native American Worldview
• Lecture 2: Indian History and Plains Culture
• Lecture 3: Kiowa Rituals
• Lecture 4: We Shall Remain
• Lecture 5: Christian Origins
• Lecture 6: Protestant Beliefs and Rituals
• Lecture 7: Frontier Revivalism
• Lecture 8: Born Again
• Lecture 9: Muslims in America
• Lecture 10: Islamic Beliefs and Rituals
• Lecture 11: Life After September 11

Course Readings
Selections from Catherine Abanese, America: Religions and Religion (1999)
• "Original Manyness: Native American Traditions"
• "Restoring an Ancient Future: The Protestant Churches and the Mission Mind"
• "Patterns of Contemporary Contraction: Fundamentalists and Evangelicals"

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

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

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

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