AMST-133 American Freedom and Protestant Thought

The Bible has been used throughout American history to justify various oppressions including slavery, gender inequality, and homophobia. Through exploring the biblical material that has historically supported such injustices, and the religious thought that has contributed to liberation movements, this course will seek to discover the meanings of the defining American mantra of "freedom." We will examine such "theological" thinkers as Jefferson, Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Reinhold Niebuhr, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and James Baldwin.

Maximum Enrollment

Proseminar (16)

(Proseminar, First Year Course, Writing Intensive, Experiential Learning.)

Cross Listed Courses

RELST-133

Offered

Fall

Notes

Experiential Learning: 20 hours of a community-based internship in a local non-profit is a required component of this class.