RELI 272
Fall 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ANTH 255 |
This course will explore the religious diversity of New York City - the promised city for many new Americans from throughout the world. It will focus, in large part, on the role of religion in defining the identities of New York's immigrant and transnational communities by examining how religion shapes the incorporation of immigrants into American society while also helping some maintain enduring connections to their homelands. By focusing on the bewildering diversity of a single city, the course will also raise a fundamental theoretical and political question: How can a number of different communities living in their own sociocultural worlds negotiate a shared urban space and shared public sphere? |
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Essential Capabilities:
Effective Citizenship, Intercultural Literacy |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS RELI |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Kenneth Guest, GOD IN CHINATOWN
Robert Orsi, THE MADONNA OF 115TH STREET
Robert Orsi, GODS OF THE CITY: RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN URBAN LANDSCAPE
Moses Rischin, THE PROMISED CITY
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Examinations and Assignments:
A series of papers and/or exams on the course readings. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the "Religion in Society" requirement for the Religion Department major. |
| Instructor(s): Goldschmidt,Henry Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: FISK302; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 6 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 8 | FR: 8 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 4 |
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