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Date
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Topic
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Assignment:
Complete prior to the date assigned
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Wed.
1/31
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Introduction
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Mon.
2/5
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*Religion and Politics
in America: The Question of Faith and Freedom
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Read:
Meacham,
Introduction
Due:
Write
short (1-2 page) essay in which you explain what you are thinking this
class will be about and what you think is important in thinking about the
topic of religion and politics. In other words: What is politics? What is
religion? What is relationship between the two? What matters?
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Wed.
2/7
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*Religion and Politics
in America: The Colonial Period
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Read:
Meacham,
Chapter 1
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Mon.
2/12
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*Religion and Politics
in the U.S.: Independence
*The research assignment
*Selection of Topics
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Read:
Meacham, Chapter 2, pp. 64-86
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Wed.
2/14
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*Religion and Politics
in the U.S.: Constitution and Presidency
*The Research Process
*Location and Evaluation of Sources
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Read:
Meacham,
Chapter 2, pp. 86-113
Due in class: Topic related to religion and politics in America with
five research questions. For each question, write a paragraph explaining
the relevance or significance of the issue. (5%)
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Mon.
2/19
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*Religion and Politics
in the U.S. Constitution: The First Amendment Establishment Clause
*Analysis of scholarly writing
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Read:
Toulouse, God
in Public, Pt. I, Ch. 1 “The Establishment Clause” (Reserve)
Bring to class: One scholarly article related to research question – five copies.
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Wed.
2/21
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*Religion and Politics
in the U.S. Constitution: The
First Amendment Free Exercise Clause *Integration of Sources; Plagiarism
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Read:
Toulouse, God
in Public, Pt. I, Ch. 2 “The Free Exercise Clause” (Reserve)
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Thur.
2/22
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February
Meetings: The Church as Peacemaker in Situations of Conflict (11:00 a.m.
FAC)
– “Exodus from Apathy”
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Attend
at least one of the February
Meetings presentations. Additional credit for homework assignments for
attending all of them.
Write:
Brief summary of presentation, noting any ideas relevant to a discussion
of religion and politics in the U.S. While the presentation will focus
primarily on Northern Ireland, one can learn much from the experience of
other countries.
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Thur.
2/22
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February
Meetings: The Church as Peacemaker in Situations of Conflict
(7:00 p.m. FAC) – “Reconciliation: The Foprgotten Vision ”
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Write:
Brief summary of presentation, noting any ideas relevant to a discussion
of religion and politics in the U.S.
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Fri.
2/23
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February
Meetings: The Church as Peacemaker in Situations of Conflict (11:00 a.m.
FAC)
– “The Message of Jesus Christ: Radically Reducing Our Prejudice
Levels”
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Write:
Brief summary of presentation, noting any ideas relevant to a discussion
of religion and politics in the U.S.
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Mon.
2/26
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*Civil War, Evolution,
and Religion
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Read:
Meacham,
Chapter 3
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Wed.
2/28
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*Evaluation of sources
and quality of support
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Bring
to class: One scholarly article related to research question
Due
in class: Annotated Bibliography (10%)
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Mon.
3/5
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*Religion and Politics
in America, 1900-1965
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Read:
Meacham,
Chapter 4
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Wed.
3/7
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*Religion and Politics
in the Civil Rights Movment
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Read:
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter From a
Birmingham Jail” located online at: http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=40#
Due
in class: Written
summary of research findings to date (10%)
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Mon.
3/12
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*Religion and U.S. Policy in the
Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
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Wed.
3/14
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*Religion and American
foreign policy
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Read: Abu-Akel,
Fahed. "The
Danger of Christian Zionism in the US." Journal
for Preachers 29.1 (2005): 41-43. Full
Text From ATLA: Go to McQuest. Click on 'Databases by Title.' Go to
the ATLA
Religion Database with ATLASerials. It is the last database on the 'A'
page. Type in the name of the article, check the Full Text box, and
search. When the new window opens, click on link to full text.
Due in class: Updated Annotated Bibliography
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3/19-
3/21
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Spring Break
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No
Class
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Mon.
3/26
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*Responses to the 1960s
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Read:
Meacham,
Chapter 5
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Wed.
3/28
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*Planning for
Registration
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Due
in class: Body
of Paper (10%)
Bring to class: Questions
about curriculum and scheduling for next year.
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Mon.
4/2
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Citizenship and Civic
Engagement
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Read:
Loeb, excerpt from Soul
of a Citizen online at: http://www.paulloeb.org/articles/Utne%20Reader%20Excerpt.htm
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Wed.
4/4
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Pulling
it all together
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Read:
Meacham, Chapter 6
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Mon.
4/9
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Contemporary Issues in
Religion and Politics
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Bring
to class:
One news article related to religion and politics
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Wed.
4/11
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Contemporary Issues in
Religion and Politics
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Due
in class: Preliminary draft (10%). Draft is required to be
word-processed, 1,500 words, with complete list of works cited containing
at least 6 sources of four different types, not including reference works.
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Mon.
4/16
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Conferences
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Wed.
4/18
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Conferences
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Mon.
4/23
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Conferences
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Wed.
4/25
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Conferences
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Mon.
4/30
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Plan
Seminar on Research Findings
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Due
in class: Final
draft (30%)
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Wed.
5/2
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Seminar
on Research Findings
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Presentations
(5%)
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Mon.
5/7
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Seminar
on Research Findings
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Wed.
5/9
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Seminar
on Research Findings
Course Wrap Up
Evaluations
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