RELST-278 Reorienting American Religious History: The View from New Orleans

Traditional narratives of American religious history often begin in New England. But what would American religious history look like from the point of view of New Orleans, Louisiana? We consider how American religious history has been shaped by legacies of contact, conflict, and creation among intersecting social identities, colonial powers, cultural histories, and religious concerns in New Orleans and the broader Louisiana Purchase region. We analyze primary sources alongside scholarly works while engaging critical theories and methods in the study of religion to track the mythic dimensions, political aims, and cultural impact of origin stories of American religion.

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Standard Course (40)

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