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Council on American-Islamic Relations
"CAIR was established to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. We believe misrepresentations of Islam are most often the result of ignorance on the part of non-Muslims and reluctance on the part of Muslims to articulate their case. CAIR is dedicated to presenting an Islamic perspective on issues of importance to the American public. In offering that perspective, we seek to empower the Muslim community in America through political and social activism."
http://cair-net.org/
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"Islam in America"
A course by Yushau Sodiq at Texas Christian University.
http://www.rel.tcu.edu/SYL/00S/30873%20Sodiq%20sp%202000.pdf
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"Religion in the USA"
A course by Debra Campbell at Colby College.
http://www.colby.edu/rel/syllabif06/re217f06.htm
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Turner, Helen Lee
Prof. Turner teaches at Furman University.
http://alpha.furman.edu/~hlturner/
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National Study of Youth and Religion
"The purpose of the NSYR is to research the shape and influence of religion and spirituality in the lives of American adolescents; to identify effective practices in the religious, moral, and social formation of the lives of youth; to describe the extent and perceived effectiveness of the programs and opportunities that religious communities are offering to their youth; and to foster an informed national discussion about the influence of religion in youth's lives, in order to encourage sustained reflection about and rethinking of our cultural and institutional practices with regard to youth and religion." This site offers online articles and other resources. Maintained at the University of North Carolina.
http://www.youthandreligion.org/
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Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events: 1620-1920
This handy timeline contains many useful links. Maintained at Gonzaga University.
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html
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"Sixties, The: Religion, Culture, and Politics"
A course by Ira Chernus at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
http://www.colorado.edu/ReligiousStudies/chernus/sixties/SyllabusSpring2008Graduate.htm
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Sightings
"Under the sponsorship of the Martin Marty Center, Sightings reports and comments on the role of religion in public life via e-mail twice a week to a readership of over 5,000. Through the eyes, ears, and keyboards of a diverse group of writers—academics, clergyman, laypeople, and students—Sightings displays the kaleidoscope of religious activity: a reflection of how religious currents are shaping and being shaped in the world."
http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/sightings/
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Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
"The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of how religion shapes the ideas and institutions of American society. At a time of heightened interest in religion’s public roles and responsibilities, the Forum bridges the worlds of scholarship, public policy and journalism by creating a platform for research and discussion of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. People of faith and the institutions they build play a critical role in the public life of our nation, and the public square is compromised unless religion is welcomed there. The Forum explores these contributions to civic life while honoring America’s traditions of religious liberty and pluralism."
http://pewforum.org/
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"American Religion and Popular Culture in Theoretical Perspective"
A course by Sarah McFarland Taylor at Northwestern University.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Taylor.pdf
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"American Civil Religions"
A course by Ira Chernus at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
http://www.colorado.edu/ReligiousStudies/chernus/CivilReligions/SyllabusFall2006Grad.htm
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Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
"The Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture is a non-profit, interdisciplinary research center at the University of Virginia. Through a wide-ranging program of research, writing, graduate training, lectureships, and conferences, the Institute investigates contemporary cultural change and its implications for individuals and for society. Committed to analysis not advocacy, the Institute offers critical insights and resources to those concerned with responding creatively and constructively to the challenges posted by our time." Executive director of the Institute is James Davison Hunter.
http://www.virginia.edu/iasc/
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Hartford Institute for Religion Research
"We are committed to providing research based information on the social scientific study of religion in a way that makes this research usable for religious leaders and the general public."
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/index.html
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Religion in American History
"A group blog to foster discussion and share research, insights, reviews, observations, syllabi, links, new books, project information, grant opportunities, seminars, lectures, and thoughts about religion in American history, and American religious history."
http://usreligion.blogspot.com/
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"Religion and the American Founding"
A course by John Fea at Messiah College.
http://home.messiah.edu/~jfea/399Spring2009.htm
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"Violence in American Religious History"
A course by Sarah Pike at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Syllabi04/RS280SPS04.pdf
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Essay Forum on the Religious Engagements of American Undergraduates
"Recent studies of college students' attitudes toward religion suggest that the academy is no longer the bastion of secularism it was once assumed to be. And these studies further reveal that the spiritual landscape on today's college campuses is virtually unrecognizable from what we've seen in the past. Evangelicalism--often in the form of extra-denominational or parachurch campus groups--has eclipsed mainstream Protestantism. Catholicism and Judaism, too, are thriving, as are other faiths. To help make sense of these changes, the Social Science Research Council commissioned the following series of essays from leading authorities in the field of religion and higher education."
http://religion.ssrc.org/reforum/
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"Abolition of the Slave Trade: Christian Conscience and Political Action"
An essay by John Coffey.
http://www.jubilee-centre.org/document.php?id=51&topicID=2
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Barna Research Online
"Barna Research Group, Ltd. (BRG) is a full-service marketing research company located in Ventura, California. BRG has been providing information and analysis regarding cultural trends and the Christian Church since 1984."
http://www.barna.org/
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American Colonist's Library
"Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History: An invaluable collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals." Maintained by Rick Gardiner.
http://www.homeschoolacademy.com/vlibrary/ACL.htm
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California's Spiritual Frontiers: Religious Alternatives in Anglo-Protestantism, 1850-1910
A book by Sandra Sizer Frankiel.
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1z09n7fq/
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Jefferson Bible
Edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr.
http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/
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Making of America
"Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection contains approximately 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. The project represents a major collaborative endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts." Maintained at the University of Michigan.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
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Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706
By George Lincoln Burr.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BurNarr.html
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Oneida Community
An account of John Humphrey Noyes and the early Shakers by Randall Hillebrand.
http://www.nyhistory.com/central/oneida.htm
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Electronic Texts for the Study of American Culture
This collection at the University of Virginia focuses on 19th century Americana.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html
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"Plea for Religious Liberty"
From the writings of colonial leader Roger Williams.
http://www.constitution.org/bcp/religlib.htm
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Protestantism in America
A book by Jerald Brauer.
http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=1663
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Ram's Horn: An Interdenominational Social Gospel Magazine
This site provides images and cartoons from this magazine, which was published around 1900.
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/Rams_Horn/default.cfm
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Religion and the American Revolution
A book by Jerald Brauer, Sidney Mead, and Robert Bellah.
http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=1657
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Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in 19th Century America
"Shaping the Values of Youth is a digitization project completed by Central Michigan University and Michigan State University. Sunday School Book Titles from the Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection, Michigan State University Libraries, and the Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University have been selected for digitization, making them available to the public through this site."
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/ssb/
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Journal of Southern Religion
"The Journal of Southern Religion is a fully peer-reviewed academic journal reflecting the best traditions of objective and critical scholarship in the study of religion."
http://jsr.fsu.edu/
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American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
A major site provided by the Library of Congress. Includes: Photos & Prints; Documents; Motion Pictures; Maps; Sound Recordings. Searchable and browseable.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
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Association of Religion Data Archives
"The ARDA allows you to interactively explore the highest quality data on American and international religion using online features for generating national profiles, maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, tables, charts, and other summary reports. Over 400 data files are available for online preview and most can be downloaded for additional research." From the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Purdue University.
http://www.thearda.com/
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American Religious Experience
"The American Religious Experience Project encourages the development and publication of American religion manuscripts and images on the World Wide Web. The project directors welcome manuscript submissions from instructors, students, and avocational scholars that inform our understanding and appreciation of American Religions. We hope that the page will eventually reflect the American religious landscape's remarkable plurality." Maintained by Briane K. Turley, of West Virginia University.
http://are.as.wvu.edu/
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Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
Provides a range of information about seminaries, accreditation standards, etc.
http://www.ats.edu/
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California Missions
"This site features historic photographs of all 21 California Missions, from as early as 1895." Maintained at the University of California Riverside.
http://138.23.124.165/collections/permanent/projects/survey/missions/default.html
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Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
"Divining America: Religion and the National Culture is designed to help high school teachers of American history bring their students to a greater understanding of the role religion has played in the development of the United States." Maintained at the National Humanities Center.
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/divam.htm
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Faith Communities Today
"Faith Communities Today is the largest survey of congregations ever conducted in the United States. It is the most inclusive, officially sanctioned program of interfaith cooperation. The project was initiated to enhance the capacity of participating faith groups to conduct and use congregational research. This study is intended to provide a public profile of the heart and soul of religion in America - local congregations - at the beginning of a new millennium." Maintained at Hartford Seminary.
http://fact.hartsem.edu/
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Map Gallery of Religion in the United States
This site offers maps revealing the geographic concentrations of various Christian denominations, as well as other groups such as Jews and Muslims.
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo200/religion.html
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North American Religion Atlas
"The North American Religion Atlas (NARA) provides access to resources for the study and teaching of North American religious history within a geographical and multimedia framework. Using mapping technology, users can view data on religion at national, state or county levels. Text, image, and multimedia formats are also available and contribute to greater understanding of the story of North American religion." Funded by the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI), with support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
http://www.religionatlas.org/
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Project on Religion and Urban Culture
"The Polis Center's Project on Religion and Urban Culture, supported by grants from Lilly Endowment Inc., examines and encourages discussion about the role of religion in Indianapolis—and, by implication, in other mid-sized American cities. Through community-based partnerships, we explore the ways people of faith have helped define, sustain, and transform urban community in the 20th century. We are also examining the reverse: how the urban environment shapes congregations and religious practice."
http://www.polis.iupui.edu/ruc/
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Red, White, Blue & Brimstone: New World Literature and the American Millennium
An online exhibition displaying how the Book of Revelation has been interpreted in the context of American history.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/brimstone/
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Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
An exhibit organized by the Library of Congress, which tells the story of religion in America from the time of the first white settlers to c. 1840.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/
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Resources for American Christianity
"This web site seeks to assist leaders and participants in Christian communities, scholars and other interested publics in better understanding the impact, trends and trajectories of Christianity in American society. By providing both information and reflection on selected projects funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc., it offers a unique vantage point for discerning the character and contributions of this tradition within American religion and culture."
http://www.resourcingchristianity.org/
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Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
"This site introduces the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692, and is designed to provide accurate general information about these events, as well as information on other aspects of the history of Danvers (formerly Salem Village), Massachusetts."
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/
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U.S. Congregations: The U.S. Congregational Life Survey
"The U.S. Congregational Life Survey is the largest and most representative profile of worshipers and their congregations ever developed in the United States. The U.S. Congregational Life Survey: examines congregational vitality to help congregations renew and enrich their mission, and describes the American religious landscape in the new millennium based on input from about 300,000 worshipers in more than 2,000 congregations across the United States."
http://www.uscongregations.org/
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Center for Methodist Studies
"The Center for Methodist Studies at Bridwell Library was established in 1984 to encourage research, study, and reflection upon the Methodist movement, including the sources that influenced its origin, the forces that shaped its development, and the fea tures that determine its character and influence. To foster these goals, the Center sponsors and supports a variety of programs, publications, and exhibitions." Maintained at Southern Methodist University.
http://www.smu.edu/bridwell/methodiststudies/methodiststudies.htm
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Center for the Study of Religion
"The objective of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University is to encourage greater intellectual exchange and interdisciplinary scholarly studies about religion among faculty and students in the humanities and social sciences. The Center is committed to scholarly research and teaching that examines religion comparatively and empirically in its diverse historical and contemporary manifestations. The Center aims to facilitate understanding of religion through an integrated program of support for Princeton faculty to pursue research and teaching on thematic projects, awards for Princeton graduate students to complete dissertation research, an interdisciplinary seminar, undergraduate courses, public lectures, and opportunities for visiting scholars to affiliate with the Center."
http://www.princeton.edu/~csrelig/
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Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
"The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture is a research and public outreach institute devoted to the promotion of the understanding of the relation between religion and other features of American culture. Established in 1989, the Center is based in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis."
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/
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Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals
"The Institute was established to encourage and support research on evangelical Christianity in the United States and Canada. Located at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL, the ISAE seeks to help evangelicals develop a mature understanding of their own heritage and to inform others about evangelicals' historical significance and contemporary role." This site provides information about the activities of the Institute, as well as research helps for those studying evangelicalism.
http://www.wheaton.edu/isae/Index.html
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Louisville Institute
"The Louisville Institute is a Lilly Endowment-funded program based at Louisville Seminary supporting those who lead and study American religious institutions. The fundamental mission of the Louisville Institute is to enrich the religious life of American Christians and to encourage the revitalization of their institutions, by bringing together those who lead religious institutions with those who study them, so that the work of each might inform and strengthen the other."
http://www.louisville-institute.org/
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Material History of American Religion Project
"More than just ideas and institutions, religion in America is a rich mixture of objects, behaviors and people. The Material History of American Religion Project studies the history of American religion in all its complexity by focusing on material objects and economic themes. Working with religious leaders, it helps contemporary religious communities with their economic concerns by placing those concerns within an historical context. Finally, the Project encourages further investigations into the religious lives of Americans by paying attention to material and economic questions." Maintained at Vanderbilt University.
http://www.materialreligion.org/
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"American Religious History"
A course by Sandy Martin at the University of Georgia.
http://www.uga.edu/religion/syl/4107sm.htm
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"American Religious History"
A course by Scott Thumma at Hartford Seminary.
http://www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses/janwntrspr04/hi571.htm
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"American Religious History"
A course by Ted Trost at the University of Alabama.
http://web.as.ua.edu/rel/rel241.html
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"Christianity in America"
A course by Joseph Molleur at Cornell College.
http://people.cornellcollege.edu/jmolleur/Syllabi/America.html
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"Church and State Relations in America"
A course by Ron Flowers at Texas Christian University.
http://www.rel.tcu.edu/SYL/04S/40733.pdf
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Kemeny, Paul
Prof. Paul Kemeny teaches at Grove City College. The page includes a helpful guide to religious studies research.
http://science.gcc.edu/reli/kemeny/
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Courses and Syllabi (on religious pluralism in the U.S.)
Several syllabi are offered here. Maintained at Harvard University.
http://www.pluralism.org/resources/syllabi/index.php
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"End of the World in America"
A course by Amy DeRogatis at Michigan State University.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/d/derogatis/rel_370_.htm
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"Gender, Family, and God in America"
A course by Sarah Pike at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/RS280SPS.pdf
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"History of Religion in Post-Civil War America"
A course by Richard Callahan at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Callahan.pdf
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"Introduction to Religion in American Culture"
A course by Herman Thomas at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
http://www.religiousstudies.uncc.edu/hethomas/2108.htm
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"Law and Religion in the United States"
A course by Francis Beckwith at Baylor University.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/b/beckwith/1JO1K-Beckwith.htm
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"Lived Religion in America: Institutions, Innovations, and Individuals"
A course by Julie Byrne at Duke University.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/syllabi/Byrne2.pdf
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"Material Religion in America"
A course by Ken Koltun-Fromm at Haverford College.
http://www.haverford.edu/relg/faculty/kkoltunf/mywebsite/page2/page4/index.html
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"Religion and American Society"
A course by Sarah Pike at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/rels322_pike.html
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"Religion and Contemporary Society"
A course by Ira Chernus at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
http://www.colorado.edu/ReligiousStudies/chernus/2400/index.html
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"Religion in America"
A course by Laura Ammon at Whittier College.
http://personal.linkline.com/rwreed/rel321syll.htm
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"Religion in America"
A course by Jonathan Baer at Wabash College.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Baer.pdf
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"Religion in America"
A course by James Bennett at Santa Clara University.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Bennett.pdf
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"Religion in America"
A course by Rebecca Kneale Gould at Middlebury College.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Gould.pdf
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"Religion in America"
A course by Thomas Kidd at Baylor University.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Kidd.pdf
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"Religion in American Culture"
A course by Herman Thomas at UNC Charlotte.
http://www.religiousstudies.uncc.edu/hethomas/2108.htm
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"Religion in American History"
A course by Paul Harris at Moorhead State University.
http://www.h-net.org/~amrel/links/401.html
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"Religion in American History since 1865"
A course by Catherine Albanese at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/syllabus/151B.htm
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"Religion in the U.S."
A course by Amy Koehlinger at Florida State University.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Koehlinger.pdf
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"Religion in the USA"
A course by Debra Campbell at Colby College.
http://www.colby.edu/rel/syllabif05/re217f05.html
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"Religion in the United States"
A course by Luis Murillo at Trinity University.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/0405SYL/Murillo.pdf
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"Religion in U.S. America"
A course by Elizabeth McAlister at Wesleyan University.
http://condor.wesleyan.edu/emcalister/wescourses/2002f/reli222/01/index.html
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"Religion in U.S. Public Life"
A course by Tyler Roberts at Grinnell College.
http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/rel/s04/rel295-01/syllabus.html
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"Religious Experience in America"
A course by Donald Gerardi at the City University of New York.
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/dfg/amrl/arx-main.htm
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"Religious Myths of America"
A course by Christopher Buck at Michigan State University.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/b/buck/Buck-20040309.pdf
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"Southern Religious History"
A course by Sandy Martin at the University of Georgia.
http://www.uga.edu/religion/syl/4202sm.htm
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"Varieties of American Evangelicalism"
A course by Robert Brown at the University of Iowa.
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/downloads/syllabi/Brown.pdf
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"Varieties of American Religion"
A course by Dwight Bozeman at the University of Iowa.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~c032141/index.html
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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
This online exhibit was organized by the Library of Congress. It is divided into six sections: What Came To Be Called "America"; The Mediterranean World; Christopher Columbus: Man and Myth; Inventing America; Europe Claims America; Epilogue.
http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
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Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
"The Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism is widely recognized as the leading center for the historical study of Roman Catholicism in the United States. The public role of the Center encompasses providing resources and critical commentary for media coverage of U.S. Catholicism and collaborating with church leaders and pastoral workers to enhance the vitality of Catholic life in the United States. In all aspects of its mission--research, teaching and faculty development, and public service--the Cushwa Center seeks interdisciplinary and ecumenical cooperation."
http://www.nd.edu/~cushwa/
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Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life
"The goal of the Boisi Center is to create opportunities where a community of scholars, policy makers, media and religious leaders in the Boston area and nationally can connect in conversations and scholarly reflection around issues at the intersection of religion and American public life. The hope is that such conversations can help to clarify the moral and normative consequences of public policies in ways that can help us to maintain the common good, while respecting our growing religious diversity."
http://www.bc.edu/centers/boisi/
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Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
"ECAI is a collaborative project which combines global mapping, imagery, and texts. ECAI provides scholars and other users with a research resource based on digital technology which presents complex combinations of data from multiple disciplines visually and immediately."
http://www.ecai.org/
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"Breaking Bread: Religion and American Foodways"
A course by Nora Rubel at Connecticut College.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/r/Rubel/breakingbread.pdf
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Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert
Photographs of churches in northern Mexico and southern Arizona.
http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/missions/
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American Daoist Cultivation
"American Daoist Cultivation is a website designed to facilitate learning about the transformation of Daoism in contemporary North America. The website consists of twelve brief video interviews with prominent American Daoist practitioners. These interviews have been arranged into four sections based around four common themes: healing, the body, cultivation and transcendence. Each section has its own introduction and each interview is accompanied by its own commentary. The website is designed principally to complement undergraduate courses in religious studies at the 200-300 level."
http://cultivation.daoiststudies.org/
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Christianity and Aboriginal Cultures
"This page is dedicated to the exploration of all aspects of the interaction between Christianity and indigenous cultures, particularly North American." Maintained by Ian D. Ritchie.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.ritchie/Indigenous.index.htm
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Documenting the American South
"Documenting the American South (DAS) is a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century." It includes texts on The Church in the Southern Black Community.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
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Adherents.com
"Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. Basically, researchers can use this site to answer such questions as 'How many Methodists live in Indiana?', 'What are the major religions of India?', or 'What percentage of the world is Hindu?' We present data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics."
http://www.adherents.com/
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Pluralism Project
"The Pluralism Project was developed by Diana L. Eck at Harvard University to study and document the growing religious diversity of the United States, with a special view to its new immigrant religious communities." This site offers: Images of America; On Common Ground CD-ROM; World Religions in Boston On-line Version; Directory of Religious Centers On-line Database; bibliographies, syllabi, links, and other information.
http://www.pluralism.org
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McAlister, Elizabeth
Prof. McAlister teaches at Wesleyan University.
http://www.wesleyan.edu/religion/mcalister.htm
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Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion
A report published by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
http://pewforum.org/surveys/hispanic/hispanics-religion-07.pdf
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"American Liberal Theology: Crisis, Irony, Decline, Renewal, Ambiguity"
An essay by Gary Dorrien in Cross Currents (2005).
http://www.crosscurrents.org/dorrien200506.htm
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American Religious History (Blog)
A group blog maintained by historians of religion in America.
http://usreligion.blogspot.com/
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"Religion and Culture in America, 1500-2000"
A course by Paul Harvey at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
http://www.uccs.edu/~history/courses/hist353/hist353.html
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"American Judaism"
A course by Ken Koltun-Fromm at Haverford College.
http://www.haverford.edu/relg/faculty/kkoltunf/relg284a/syllabus.html
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Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies
"Established at Fordham University in 2001, The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies is an inter-disciplinary center sponsoring a four-fold set of programs: national conferences to which scholars are invited to discuss with each other - - and with various publics -- issues of Catholic belief and culture in the United States; public lectures on a wide range of topics; faculty seminars in the various schools and divisions of the University; and an undergraduate interdisciplinary certificate program."
http://www.fordham.edu/cs/
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"Jewish Thought in America"
A course by Ken Koltun-Fromm at Haverford College.
http://www.haverford.edu/relg/faculty/kkoltunf/relg305a/syllabus.html
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"Buddhism in America"
A course by Jan Willis at Wesleyan University.
http://www.wesleyan.edu/wesmaps/course0506/reli288f.htm
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"American Religion and Culture"
A course by Susan Ridgely at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/r/ridgely/Ridgely-20061126.pdf
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"Religion and American Institutions"
A course by Rebecca Moore at San Diego State University.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~remoore/390A-07.htm
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North American Jewish Data Bank
"The North American Jewish Data Bank is the central repository of scientifically collected information about North American Jewry. Its primary functions are to (1) acquire, archive, analyze and disseminate data sets that contribute to the social scientific understanding of the Jewish population, and (2) encourage utilization of its resources. It seeks in this way to improve the quality of research conducted about North American Jewry."
http://www.jewishdatabank.org/
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"Islam in America and Western Europe"
A course by Jane Smith at Hartford Seminary.
http://www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses/janwntrspr05/hi665.htm
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Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe
A book edited by Barbara Daly Metcalf.
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft2s2004p0/
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"American Christianity"
A course by Ron Sommerville at Christian Theological Seminary.
http://www.cts.edu/Documents/H542_Fall2006_Sommerville.pdf
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LiberalEvangelical.org
"LiberalEvangelical.org aims to empower Christians who see themselves as radical moderates and to offer resources to Christian congregations who intend to be both Christ-centered and creatively inclusive. These Christians and congregations have both liberal and evangelical instincts, they find polarized political and relgiious debates alienating, and they are inspired by Jesus' own example of radical inclusiveness and by his preaching of a love that transcends ideological and theological divisions."
http://www.liberalevangelical.org/
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Griffith, R. Marie
Prof. Griffith teaches at Princeton University.
http://www.princeton.edu/~griffith/
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Cotton Mather Home Page
A collection of works by and about early American clergyman, Cotton Mather.
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil//mather.htm
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U.S. Religious Landscape Survey
"Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, this extensive survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public." A major study which has been widely discussed in the news media.
http://religions.pewforum.org/
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"Women, Religion and the Future of USA Churches"
A course by Adair Lummis at Hartford Seminary.
http://www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses/janwntrspr06/rs661.htm
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"Flea Market Jesus: Popular Religion and American Individualism"
A course by Arthur Farnsley at Hartford Seminary.
http://www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses/janwntrspr06/rs620.htm
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"Religion and Protest"
A course by Mark Oppenheimer at Hartford Seminary.
http://www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses/janwntrspr06/hi655.htm
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"Religion and American Culture"
A course by Randall Stephens at Eastern Nazarene College.
http://www.enc.edu/history/rel_cult.html
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American Jewish Archives
"The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives is committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry."
http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/
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Mike Wallace Interview, The
A series of television interviews conducted by Mike Wallace with leading cultural figures in the 1950s. Several of the interviews touch on religious themes.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/film/holdings/wallace/
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Episcopal Life
"We exist to inform, inspire and involve the people of God in the Episcopal Church in three ways -- reporting accurately and fairly events and issues in the church and the Anglican Communion, welcoming a healthy exchange of ideas and opinions, and nurturing the ministry to which our baptism calls us." This site offers selected articles from the print publication.
http://www.episcopal-life.org/
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National Association of Evangelicals
An umbrella organization of 79 Christian denominations in the United States, comprising about 27 million members.
http://www.nae.net/
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Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography
"The Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography is a public webresource that will ultimately contain hundreds of concise biographies of Unitarian and Universalist leaders and celebrated individuals whose religion was Unitarian, Universalist, or Unitarian Universalist. The accent in many of these biographies will be to relate personal religious conviction to achievement in the larger world."
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/
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Christian Churches Together in the USA
"Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT) is a new forum growing out of a deeply felt need to broaden and expand fellowship, unity, and witness among the diverse expressions of Christian faith today. CCT is inclusive of the diversity of Christian families in the United States — Evangelical, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Pentecostals, historic Protestant, Racial and Ethnic churches."
http://www.christianchurchestogether.org/
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"Lived Practice of Catholicism in the U.S."
A course by Heather Hartel at the University of Iowa.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/h/hartel/hartel-20040602/index.htm
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"Religious Experience in America"
A course by Rebecca Moore at San Diego State University.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~remoore/390B-08.htm
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"Religion and American Culture"
A course by Randall Stephens at Eastern Nazarene College.
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/s/stephens/Stephens-20080506.pdf
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"U.S. Cultural Identity in Global Perspective"
A course by Mark Hulsether at the University of Tennesee, Knoxville.
http://web.utk.edu/~hulseth/AS_355syllabus_global.pdf
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"Political Culture of U.S. Protestantism Since 1945"
A course by Mark Hulsether at the University of Tennesee, Knoxville.
http://web.utk.edu/~hulseth/RS355_F05.htm
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"World Religions in North America"
A course by Mark Hulsether at the University of Tennesee, Knoxville.
http://web.utk.edu/~hulseth/rrbw.html
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"Religious Tolerance in the Contemporary U.S."
A course by Melissa Wilcox at Whitman College.
http://www.whitman.edu/religion/Rel355F07.pdf
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"Religion in America"
A course by Elijah Siegler at the College of Charleston.
http://www.cofc.edu/~rels/Syllabi%20081/RELS250001-081.pdf
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"Asian Religions in America"
A course by Elijah Siegler at the College of Charleston.
http://www.cofc.edu/~rels/Syllabi%20081/RELS348001-081.pdf
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"History of Religions in America"
A course by Peter Slade at Ashland University.
http://www.ashland.edu/academics/arts_sci/religion/REL233.htm
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"Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in America"
A course by Peter Slade at Ashland University.
http://www.ashland.edu/academics/arts_sci/religion/documents/3SGLSyllabus_Schedule.pdf
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Prothero, Stephen
Prof. Prothero teaches at Boston University.
http://www.stephenprothero.com/
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"Religion in America: A Historical Perspective"
A course by John Simmons at Western Illinois University.
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfjks/301syl5.html
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"Religious Pluralism in America"
A course by Kate McCarthy at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Spring%202008/mccarthy_rels492.html
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"Religion and American Public Schools"
A course by James Anderson at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Spring%202008/anderson_rels358.html
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"Religion and America's Ethnic Minorities"
A course by Sarah Pike at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/rels324_pike.html
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