Labor and Religion in American History
HIST 380
Spring 2019
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 299 |
This seminar will explore how religious faith, ideas, and organizations influenced labor over the course of American history since the Industrial Revolution. It will begin with Old and New Testaments, Marx and Engels, and some of the path-breaking work on religion in the English working-class, then focus on America including the social gospel, Christian socialism, the Catholic Church and labor unions, black churches, immigrant churches, militant secularism (itself a kind of faith), the influence of faith of employers and mediators, and other aspects of the subject. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(HIST-MN)(HIST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Albert J. Raboteau, SLAVE RELIGION: THE 'INVISIBLE INSTITUTION' IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH (1978, 2004)
Hugh McLeod, PIETY AND POVERTY: WORKING-CLASS RELIGION IN BERLIN, LONDON AND NEW YORK, 1870-1914 (1996)
Heath W. Carter, UNION MADE: WORKING PEOPLE AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL CHRISTIANITY IN CHICAGO (2015)
Tony Michels, A FIRE IN THEIR HEARTS: YIDDISH SOCIALISTS IN NEW YORK (2005)
Michael K. Honey, TO THE PROMISED LAND: MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE (2018)
Miriam Pawel, THE UNION OF THEIR DREAMS: POWER, HOPE, AND STRUGGLE IN CESAR CHAVEZ'S FARM WORKERS UNION (2010)
Bethany Moreton, TO SERVE GOD AND WAL-MART: THE MAKING OF CHRISTIAN FREE ENTERPRISE (2009)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly response papers and a research essay. |
| Instructor(s): Schatz,Ronald W. Times: .M..... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: PAC421; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 1 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 4 | FR: 0 |
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