January 30: Course Introductions, Expectations
Foundations
February 1: “Religion” / “Race”
READ: “Racism Lives On Under the Cover of ‘Religious Freedom‘” (Green); “Americans Oppose Allowing Small Businesses to Refuse Services on Religious Grounds” (Cox et al.); “Racist Bullying?” (Klein)
IN-CLASS: Declaration of Independence; United States Constitution: Article I, §2; Amendment 1; Amendment 14, §1; Amendment 15
February 6: Foundations
READ: Genesis 1:1-11:9; Letter from Prester John (1165); Treaty of Tordesillas (1494); “Religion, Race, & the American Constitutional Order” (Mazur); “Dal al-Constitution” (Mazur)
Divisions
February 8: “Catholicism in a Hurry”
February 13: Catholics as Race
February 15: Catholics & Race
READ: “El Requerimiento” (Juan López de Palacios Rubios, 1513)”Sublimus Dei” (Paul III, Pope); “There are More Black Catholics in American than Member of the AME Church” (Green)
February 20: “Judaism in a Hurry”
DUE: Analysis (Catholicism)
February 22: Judaism as Race
READ: Ezra 9+; Matthew 27: 24-25; General Orders #11 (1862); Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb (1987)
February 27: Judaism & Race
READ: “Watch This Powerful Talk on the Jewish Community’s Pressing Need to Welcome Jews of Color” (Rosenberg); Be’Chol Lashon (Website); “Can a Single Person Speak for All Black Jews?” (MaNishtana)
DUE: DAVIES (entire)
March 1: “Native American Religion/s in a Hurry”
DUE: Analysis (Judaism)
March 6: Native American Religion/s as Race
March 8: Native American Religion/s & Race
READ: Ghost Dance Religion (Mooney); “Peyote, the Giver of Visions” (Shonle)
March 13: “African American Religion/s in a Hurry”
DUE: Analysis (Native American Religion/s)
March 15: African American Religion/s as Race
March 20: African American Religion/s & Race
READ: The Life, Experiences, and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen (Allen); “We Are Not Black People” (Sheik Way-El)
READ: “Black Theology in American Religion” (Cone)
March 22: “Mormonism in a Hurry”
DUE: Analysis (African American Religion/s)
March 27: NO CLASS (Spring Break)
March 29: NO CLASS (Spring Break)
April 3: Mormonism as Race
READ: 1 Nephi 7; Doctrine & Covenants §132; Official Declaration #1; Reynolds v. United States (1878)
DUE: FREYs (entire)
April 5: Mormonism & Race
READ: Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 5; 2 Nephi 26; Official Declaration #2
April 10: “Asian Religions in a Hurry”
DUE: Analysis (Mormonism)
April 12: Asian Religions as Race
READ: United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923)
April 17: Asian Religions & Race
April 19: Protestant Christianity as Race
DUE: Analysis (Asian Religion/s)
April 24: Protestant Christianity & Race
READ: Berea College v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (1908); Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)
Reconciliation
April 26: Reconciliation
READ: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (King)
May 1: Diversity & Pluralism
READ: “Racial Reconciliation” (Glynn)
May 3: NO CLASS (VWU Port Day)
DUE: Port Day Extra Credit Form
May 8: Conclusions
May 14: PROJECT DUE
