Religion in the U.S.
This is a survey course of American Religious History from European contact with Native Americans to religions in the twenty-first century. My desire for this course is to move beyond the standard (white) Protestant narratives of American religious history and to embrace groups that have been silenced or neglected in those narratives. Additionally, I assign an ethnographic project for my students, so that they can gain their own experiences of religions in America.
Syllabus Fall 2005
Syllabus Spring 2006
Syllabus Summer 2006
Syllabus Fall 2006
Religion and Gender
This course is a survey of the interactions between religion and gender, which includes gender norms, the roles of men and women, and understandings of femininity and masculinity in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. This course also relies on an ethnographic project, which directs students to examine gender dynamics in a religious service.
Syllabus Spring 2004
Syllabus Fall 2007
Syllabus Spring 2008
Introduction to World Religions
This course is an introductory course to the religions of the world ranging from indigenous traditions to religions of India to the Abrahamic traditions. Not surprisingly,this course also includes an ethnographic project, which requires students to step beyond the bounds of their traditions and examine a religious tradition with which they are unfamiliar.
Syllabus Fall 2006
Syllabus Spring 2007
Syllabus Fall 2007
Syllabus Spring 2008
Early World Civilizations
This course is the first half of the Humanities courses at CNM. It spans from hominids to antiquity to the Renaissance. I primarily cover art, architecture and literature of the various civilizations relying upon primary sources to expose students to historical actors in a variety of times and places.
Syllabus Spring 2007
Syllabus Fall 2007
Syllabus Spring 2008
Modern World Civilizations
This course is the second half of the Humanities courses at CNM. It spans from the Renaissance to the 20th century