Dr. Sandy D.
Martin, Professor Name ____________________________
Department of Religion -
UGA Date
_____________________________
Room #213, Peabody Hall - 542-5356 martin@uga.edu
Office Hours: Mon
10:00 - 10:50; Tue & Thursday 2:30-4:00;
Fri 2:00-3:30.
Please call for an appt.: 706-542-5356
Fall Semester 2009
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This
course examines the development and impact of religion in the history of the
United States from colonial times to the present. Of course the methodology is historical and its
primary emphasis falls upon religious ideas, movements, and personalities
across the boundaries of religious polities rather than concentrating upon a
mere collection of ecclesiastical histories. More specifically, the objectives of this course include:
1) enabling students to secure a more elastic and dynamic
understanding
of
American religion;
2) pointing out the significant impact that religion has had
upon other aspects
of
American culture throughout
the history of the U.S.;
3) presenting to students a number of influential, leading men
and women
in
American religious history;
4) introducing to students major and innovative religious ideas
and movements
in
American history;
5) enabling students to grasp a more complete understanding and
appreciation of
the
multiplicity of religious traditions in U.S. history;
6) and, assisting students to identify and appreciate the
theological, cultural,
and
demographic inclusiveness, diversity, and interconnections within
American
religion.
REQUIRED TEXTS / READINGS
1) Winthrop S. Hudson, John Corrigan Religion
in America (seventh or
latest
edition).
2) R. Marie Griffith, American
Religions: A Documentary History
RECORDING OF CLASS SESSIONS
Audio
and/or visual recordings of class sessions are not permitted.
C. COURSE REQUIREMENTS / GRADING /
ATTENDANCE
I. Two or Three Pre- Final Examinations and the
II. Final Examination will all count for ..................................90
%
III. DPG: Daily Participation Grade . . .
ÉÉÉÉÉ.É..ÉÉ10 %
(Attendance, classroom
participation, written assignments, quizzes, etc.)
Grad students will
have two prefinal exams, paper, final, dpg. The paper will count equally with
the two exams to constitute 90% of grade.
The final exam is
cumulative, that is, covering the entire course.
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS
...............................................100%
The Professor will use the
following grading scale:
90-100 –----
A
87-89 -------B+
77-79 ------ C+
89.1-89.99 - A-
80-86 -----
B
70-76 ------ C
79.1-79.99 -
B-
69.1-69.99 - C-
67-69 -- ----D+
60-66 ------ D Below 60 -- F
59.1-59.99 --D-
IMPORTANT NOTE: Attendance and classroom participation
are absolutely required. There are
30 class days prior to the final examination. Students are permitted up to four (4) unexcused
absences without a grade point penalty.
Students who have five or more unexcused absences will lose percentage
points from their DPG grade.
Each unexcused absence beyond FOUR class periods will mean the
loss of five percentage points from the DPG AND 2 percentage points from the
overall final semester grade average. Any student not
attending at least TWENTY (20)
class sessions out of the total 30 pre-final class sessions will be assigned an
F, regardless of grades on exam and assigned work,
barring professor-approved exemptions for extraordinary
circumstances. An excused
absence is recognized by the professor as an absence that is unavoidable for
emergency or vitally pressing reasons.
Absences by class sessions:
0 -- Excellent Attendance
1-2 -- Very Good Attendance
3-4 -- Good Attendance
5 or more -- Bad Attendance
10 or more -- Automatic Failure in the Course
Also, the professor, in addition to the grading formula
outlined above, may consider
regular class attendance and classroom participation in assessing each studentÕs
final grade. Therefore, class
attendance and classroom participation might prove to be a very crucial,
determinative factor in cases where the average is borderline between two
grades.
NOTE: Students are required to take all exams and
do all assigned work. Students who miss an exam and/or assigned work for
non-sufficiently valid reason(s) will be assigned "0" for that exam
and/or work, which will be computed as part of the final grade.
When an attendance sign-up sheet
is not passed around, then the class roll will likely be taken 5 minutes after
time for class is scheduled to begin. Students arriving 6-10 minutes late will be marked
extra late; two extra lates equal one absence. A student not present within the
first 10 minutes of each class session will be marked absent for that class
session and is requested not to enter the class that day.
In more detail:
Consistent with the instructor's
own educational philosophy and the rules and regulations of the University of
Georgia, attendance, regular and prompt, and for the entire
duration of the class sessions, is required.
Students who have unavoidable appointments or unavoidable
obligations that require their absence during any portion of the class time
should see the professor prior to or as soon after the date of the
appointment/obligation as possible because under no circumstances whatsoever
should students leave class before it is dismissed by the professor. Students who cannot stay for
the entire class period must miss that class period rather than leave during
class time. Failure to abide by this policy will result in being marked
absent for the entire class session and removal from class if the professor
believes such becomes necessary.
Of course students must attend
class on the examination days.
Students are 100% responsible for all information missed because of
absences. Exam dates are subject
to change with at least a one-week notice. Students are responsible for keeping abreast of all exam
schedules originally projected or revised.
This class will be largely lecture
in nature. The professor will
attempt to provide time for class discussion and participation. Class discussion and participation will
be part of the 10% DPG grade and may also be utilized by the professor in
determining final grades in borderline situations between two grades. No portion of any class session may
be recorded by audio and/or video.
An excused absence is one for which a student has written proof (if at
all attainable) that one's absence was necessitated by a valid cause, e.g.,
incapacitating illness, death in one's immediate or close family or of someone
close to the student. (Sleeping
late and studying for exams, as examples, are not accepted as excused
absences.) Doctor and dental
appointments, participation in extra-curricular UGA activities, and job
interviews may or may not be excusable.
Consult the instructor
prior to the absence, if at all possible;
if such is not possible, then consult the instructor as soon as possible
after the fact. Attendance at
weddings, baptisms, bar or bat mitzvahs, etc. are not normally excusable
absences. But, again, consult the
instructor.
Make up exams may be given when
the regular exam missed occurred because of an excusable and generally
unavoidable reason. The make up
exam, however, may differ in structure or format from the original.
Honesty Policy: All
academic work must meet the standards contained in ÒA Culture of Honesty.Ó All students are responsible to inform
themselves about those standards before performing any academic work.
This
Syllabus: The course syllabus is a general plan for the
course; deviations announced to
the class by the instructor may be necessary.
Office Hours: Note
the professor's office hours and use them as the need or inclination arises. Remember, if you have questions or concerns, it is your
responsibility to discuss these matters in a rational, courteous, and
responsible manner with your instructor.
You are free to drop by during my office hours. A better approach and the one I
strongly recommend, however, would be to call 706-542-5356 and schedule an
appointment. This would increase
the chances that there will be no appointment conflicts or unnecessary delays.
I. Introduction: the Course --- AUGUST 18
II. Background
-- AUGUST 20, 25
(A) Judaism / Christianity / Islam
(B) African Traditional Religions
(C) Amerindian (Native American) Religions
Readings: Hudson, Religion, Preface/Introduction; Chapter 1.
Griffith,
"The Bull Sublimis Deus (1537), pp. 2-3
Sernett, African
American Religious History, Selections #1,
#2 (If you can locate them
via internet)
Graduate Required /
Undergrad Recommended -- Some Important Notes:
a)
Undergraduates – RELI 4107 students – must do all
ÒReadings.Ó
b)
Graduate students (RELI 6107) must do all ÒReadingsÓ required of the
undergraduates PLUS readings under the category Grad/Rec, i.e., required for
graduate students and recommended for undergraduate students.
III. From "Old" World to the
"New," 1607-1730 – AUGUST
27, Sept. 1
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Chs. 1 and 2
(B) Griffith, John Winthrop, pp. 16-19;
Samuel Sewall, pp. 27-37; Mary Rowlandson,
pp. 63-73
Readings for Grad /
Undergrad Rec:
(C) Griffith, "The Examination of Mrs.
Anne Hutchinson," pp. 37-63;
Penn, "Letter
to the Indians," pp. 73-75
Remember: *Graduate Students are required to do
the regular and "recommended" readings. Undergraduates are not required to do
"recommended" readings.
IV. Great Awakening and Its Aftermath,
1720-1760 -- SEPT. 3, 8, 10
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Ch. 3
(B) Jonathan Edwards, pp. 92-102; Charles
Chauncy, pp. 102-109.
*Grad / Undergrad Rec:
(C) Griffith,
Charles Woodmason, pp. 109-115;
John Wesley, pp. 115-121.
V. Religion in Revolutionary America, 1760-1800 -- SEPT. 15, 17
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Ch. 4
(B) Griffith, John Woolman, pp.
127-138; Thomas Jefferson, pp.
150-152; James Madison,
pp. 152-157.
Grad / Undergrad Rec:
(C) Griffith, Phillis Wheatley, pp. 121-127; David Brainerd, pp. 138-148; "The
Petition of the Philadelphia Synagogue . . .", pp. 148-150.
Exam #1: Tentatively Scheduled Sept. 22
VI. The Churches, Second Awakening, and
the Young Republic, 1800-1840 --
SEPT. 22, 24,
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Chs. 5 and 6
(B) Griffith, Charles Grandison Finney, pp.
189-196; Bishop Innocent Veniaminov, pp. 196-197; Jarena Lee, pp. 197-213.
Grad / Undergrad
Rec:
(C)
VII. Rise of New
Movements and Religious Groups, 1820-1860
-- SEPT. 29, OCT. 1
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Ch. 7 and 8
(B) Griffith, Joseph Smith, pp. 164-172;
Ralph Waldo Emerson, pp. 172-183.
VIII. Religion, Slavery Controversy, and
Human Rights, 1783-1865 -- OCT. 6, 8,
Readings for All Students:
(A) Griffith, Frederick Douglass, pp.
213-220; Angelina Emily Grimke, pp. 220-235; Cahterine E. Beecher, pp. 235-239;
George D. Armstrong, pp. 239-245.
Grad / Undergrad
Rec:
(B) Griffith, Alexis De Tocqueville, pp.
245-262; Philip Schaff, pp. 262-283.
IX. Religion in Civil War/Post-Civil
War America, 1860-1920: Religion,
New Citizens, and New Encounters -- OCT.
13, 15, 20
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Chs. 9 and 10
(B) Griffith, W. E. B. DuBois, pp. 328-341;
Black Elk, pp. 341-352; Mary Antin, pp. 352-365.
Grad / Undergrad
Rec:
(C) Griffith,
"Conflicts of Immigration and Immigrants," Josiah Strong, Alexis Toth, Mabel Potter Daggett, pp.
365-389
Exam #2: Scheduled Oct.
20
X. Continuing Religious Diversity, 1865-1920 -- OCT. 22, 27, 29, 31
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Ch. 13
(B) Griffith, "Pittsburg Platform
(1885), pp. 321-323; Swami Vivekananda, pp. 402-411.
Readings for Grad / Undergrad Rec:
(C) Griffith, Ralph Waldo Trine, pp. 323-328.
XI. Facing New Intellectual and
Societal Challenges, 1865-1920 --NOV.
3, 5,
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Chs. 11 and 12
(B) Griffith, James Woodrow, pp.
284-301; Walter Rauschenbusch, pp.
309-321;
Readings for Graduates /
Undergrad Recommended:
(C) Griffith, Russell Herman Conwell, pp.
301-309; James Freeman Clarke, pp. 389-402; William James, pp. 411-417.
XII. Decline of Protestant
"Hegemony," 1920-1950 -- NOV. 10, 12,
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Ch. 14
(B) Griffith, Harry Emerson Fosdick, pp.
418-424.
Readings for Grad /
Undergrad Rec:
(C) Griffith, Will Herberg, pp. 517-535.
XIII. The Maturation of
Roman Catholicism, 1865-1965 -- NOV. 17
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Ch. 15
(B) Griffith, Dorothy Day, pp. 462-486
Readings for Grad / Undergrad Rec::
(C) Griffith, Thomas
Merton, pp. 447-462.
XIV. Religion in Recent
American History, 1950-Present -- NOV.
19, Dec. 1
Readings for All Students:
(A) Hudson, Religion, Chs. 16 and 17, Epilogue
(B) Griffith, Martin Luther King, Jr., pp.
502-514; Mary Daly, pp. 536-547; Franklin Graham, pp. 602-605; "Letter to
Franklin Graham . . .", pp. 605-606.
Readings for_Graduate
/ Undergraduate Recommended:
(C) Griffith, Abraham Joshua Heschel, pp.
434-447; Jack Kerouac, pp. 486-492; Stanley Hauerwas, pp. 550-561; U. S.
Deprtment of Education, pp. 624-627.
Exam #3: Scheduled Nov.
19 or December 1
XV. Conclusion / Make-up Days -- NOV.
30, DEC. 3
READING
DAY: DECEMBER 9. FINAL EXAMINATION - DECEMBER
11, FROM 12 noon to 3:00 p. m..
– but double check to make sure of date and time.
Note: The above schedule is an approximation
and is, thus, subject to modification in terms ofcontent and time.
ADDITIONAL
NOTE REGARDING COURSE OUTLINE
NOTE: Keep this syllabus and consult it often. If it is lost, please request another
from the instructor. Students are encouraged,
expected and advised to ask questions during the quarter about this
syllabus in particular or the course in general concerning points which they
feel require greater clarity. This
Syllabus: The course syllabus is a general plan for the
course; deviations announced to
the class by the instructor may be necessary.
WHERE DO I STAND?
RELI 4107 / 6107
Fall Semester 2009
DR. S. D. MARTIN
martin@uga.edu
(706) 542-5356 - Peabody
Hall, Rm. 213
NAME
_____________________________________________
MAJOR EXAMS
____________ #1, plus
____________ #2, plus
____________ #3, equals
____________ divided by 3 = ____________ X .90 =
____________, plus
____________ DPG points
equals _________________ *
*This is where you stand
in the course going into the final.
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COMPUTING SEMESTER'S
GRADE
Add all three
or four exams (two or three pre-finals and the final), divide by 4, multiply that number by .90, and add the DPG points. That is your semester's grade, assuming acceptable attendance. See the section(s) in this syllabus regarding how attendance
and absences impact semester's grading.
Ex#1 ____ + Ex#2
____+Ex#3 ______ + Final Ex _______
divided by 4 = _______ X .90
= _______ + DPG Points
_______ = Semester's Grade _____________
.........................................................................................................
FALL SEMESTER
2009:
Some Important
Dates -- Some Tentative / Others Definite
August 18 --
First Session of (American
Religious History) ARH
August 17-20 --
Drop for Undergraduates
August 17-21 -- Add for Undergraduates
August 17-24 -- Drop/Add for Graduates
Sept. 7 -- Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 14 - 18 -- Graduate Students Confer w/Prof re Paper
Sept. 22 -- Exam #1 in ARH -- Tentative
Sept. 29 -- Graduate Students Submit Proposal for Paper
October 8 -- Midpoint
Oct. 20 -- Exam #2 in ARH -- Tentative
October 22 -- Midpoint Withdrawal Deadline
Oct. 30 -- Fall Break
Nov. 17 -- Graduate Students Paper Due
Nov. 19 -- Exam #3 in ARH -- Tentative Or Dec. 1
Nov. 23-27 -- Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 30 -- Classes Resume
Dec. 1 -- Exam #3 in ARH -- Tentative Or Nov. 19
Dec. 3 -- Last Day of Classes for ARH
Dec. 8 -- Friday Class Schedule in Effect
Dec. 8 -- Classes End
Dec. 9 -- Reading Day
Dec. 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 -- Final Exams
Dec. 11 -- Final Exam for ARH (12 noon - 3 p.m.)
Dec. 18 -- Commencement
Dec. 18 -- Grades Due