Week 1: Laying the Foundations
January 4: Class introductions, expectations, definitions, and context
IN-CLASS: Code of Ordinances (Norfolk, Virginia)
January 5: “American Religion 101”
READ: “Model of Christian Charity“(Winthrop); “The March of the Flag” (Beveridge); “Faith in America” (Romney)
WATCH: “Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association” (Kennedy); “Speech, 1984 Democratic Convention” (Cuomo)
January 6: “American Government 101”
READ: The Constitution of the United States; “Government 101” (Vote Smart).
WATCH: “I’m Just a Bill” (Schoolhouse Rock)
Week 2: The Nuances of Advocacy
January 9: “Religious Liberty 101”
GUEST: Prof. Craig Wansink, Joan P. & Macon F. Brock, Jr., Director of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
READ: “Civil Religion in America” (Bellah); “The Culture of Belief and the Politics of Religion” (Marshall)
January 10: “Religion & American Politics 201”
READ: AVNER, “Introduction” and chapter 1
DUE: Public Statement to Norfolk City Council
January 10 (evening): Norfolk City Council
MEET: Norfolk City Hall (810 Union Street) @ 6:30 pm
READ: “City Council Guidelines” (Norfolk); “City Council Meeting“
January 11: Religious Institutions & Advocacy, I
READ: “The Politically Active Church” (Cook); “Understanding the Lobbying Efforts of a Church”” (Manderino); AVNER, chapter 2
January 12: Religious Institutions & Advocacy, II
READ: “Sources of Clergy Support” (Djupe); “‘The ERA Is a Moral Issue’: The Mormon Church, LDS Women, and the Defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment” (Young)
DUE: Advocacy Write-up
January 13: Professional Religious Advocates
READ: “The Ideal Lobbyist” (McGrath); “Lobbying in the Shadows” (Robinson); AVNER, chapter 3
DUE: Web Site Analysis #1
Week 3 & 4: Putting it All To Good Use
January 16: NO CLASS (Martin Luther King, Jr., Day)
READ: AVNER, chapter 4
January 17: Lobbying on the State Level
READ: “Religion in the Legislative Arena [Wisconsin]” (Yamane and Oldmixon); “Religious Lobbying in Virginia” (Larson, Madland, and Wilcox)
January 18: Lobbying in Virginia
READ: “Registration of Lobbyists” (Code of Virginia); “General Assembly Issue: Church and State” (Va. Public Access Project)
DUE: Web Site Analysis #2
January 19: The “Johnson” Amendment
READ: “The Restriction of Political Campaign Intervention by Section 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organizations” (Internal Revenue Service);
January 20: Limitations
READ: “Rendering Unto Caesar?” (Feld); “More Honored in the Breach” (O’Daniel)
January 23:
READ: HOLYOKE (entire); “Where to Look, What to Ask? Frames of Reference for Ethical Lobbyists” (Susman)
January 24: Washington, DC
MEET: Godwin Hall parking lot, 6:30 am
READ: Lobbying Congress: An Overview of Legal Provisions and Congressional Ethics Rules (Congressional Research Service)
January 25: International Issues
READ: “Praying for the Persecuted Church” (Castelli); Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act (U.S. Congress)
January 26: Conclusions
DUE (in class): Final Paper
