January 28: Course Introductions, Expectations
Space as a Religious Category
January 30: Introduction to Sacred Space
READING: ELIADE, “Introduction“
February 4: Encountering Sacred Space
READING: ELIADE, ch. 1
February 6: Experiencing Sacred Space
READING: ELIADE, ch. 2
February 11: Enduring Sacred Space
READING: ELIADE, ch. 3-4
February 13: Traditional Sacred Spaces?
READING: Williams, “How to Read a Church“; Campo, “American Pilgrimage Landscapes“
American Sacred Space
February 18: American Space as Sacred
READING: LANE,”Introduction” & ch. 1-2
February 20: “Historic” American Sacred Spaces, I
READING: LANE, p. 65-131
February 25: “Historic” American Sacred Spaces, II
READING: LANE, p. 131-189
IN-CLASS: Research Mechanics
DUE: “Identification of Location”
February 27: NO CLASS
March 3: NO CLASS
March 5: American Community as Sacred
READING: Caterine, “Monuments of Civil Religion“; Ingersoll, “The Thin Line between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning“; Pike, “Desert Goddesses and Apocalyptic Art“
March 10: American Commodity as Sacred
READING: Taylor, “Shopping & Consumption“; Pahl, “Pilgrimage to the Mall of America“
IN-CLASS: Research Mechanics
March 12: Pilgrimage to Sacred Space
READING: Mazur & Koda, “The Happiest Place on Earth“; Rigby, “Graceland“
March 17: NO CLASS (Spring Break)
March 19: NO CLASS (Spring Break)
March 24: “Imagined” Space as Sacred
READING: O’Leary, “Cyberspace as Sacred Space“; Wagner, “Our Lady of Persistent Liminality“
DUE: Annotated Bibliography
March 26: Conflicted Space as Sacred, I
READING: Chidester & Linenthal, “Introduction“; FOOTE, ch.1-3
March 31: Conflicted Space as Sacred, II
READING: FOOTE, ch.4-6
April 2: Conflicted Space as Sacred, III
READING: FOOTE: ch.7-9
April 7: Conflicted Space as Sacred, IV
READING: FOOTE (entire)
IN-CLASS: Research, Rhetoric, & Writing
April 9: NO CLASS (Pesah)
April 14-16: Sacred in a Secular World
READING: BUTIGAN (entire)
DUE (April 14): “Definition” paper
April 21-28: “Sacred Space” presentations
April 30: NO CLASS (Port Day)
Extra Credit opportunity: Port Day extra credit form
May 5: Conclusions
DUE: Port Day extra credit form
May 11: DUE: “Sacred Space” Final Product
