AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY: 1865-PRESENT

COURSE LEADERS: Ted Stainman
MEETS: 5 Thursdays TIME: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
DATES COURSE MEETS: 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26
PRICE: $40.00
LOCATION: 8081 E. Orchard Rd., Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Map
TYPE: Lecture,Discussion
CATEGORY: RELIGION
DESCRIPTION:

This class is a continuation of Fall 2014’s History of American Religion (but you need not have attended to register for this one). We will review religion from 1865 to the present. Issues examined include the rise of health-oriented religious groups, the social gospel, mass immigration of Catholics, Jews and now Moslems, and the religious impact of the ‘50s and ‘60s. We will look into the present-day, post-denominational mega churches, influences of Eastern spirituality, and the rise of women to leadership positions in religious life.

Recommended Reading:  Martin Marty, Pilgrims in their Own Land, (Penguin 1984).