CHHI 660 AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY SPRING, 2014 DR. CARL J. DIEMER, JR. 434-592-4141 CJDIEMER@LIBERTY.EDU OFFICE: CAR 231A OFFICE HOURS: IT IS BEST TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT I. COURSE DESCRIPTION

A study of the beginnings of Christianity in America to the present. Includes the European background, colonial Christianity, the First Great Awakening, the rise of the United States, the separation of church and state, the Second Great Awakening, the development of religious diversity, the impact of the Civil War on religion, denominational development, the impact of immigration and industrialization, and the modern period.

II. RATIONALE A study of the history of the Christian movement in America is essential to a proper understanding of this nation. This course is designed to give ministry students an appreciation for their heritage by linking the present with the past which formed it.

III. PREREQUISITES

CHHI525.

IV. REQUIRED RESOURCE PURCHASE(S)

Edwin Gaustad and Leigh Schmidt, The Religious History of America, Harper, 2002.

V. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR LEARNING A. Computer

B. Internet access (broadband recommended) C. Microsoft Word

(Microsoft Office is available at a special discount to LU students.)

VI. MEASURABLE LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will be able to:

A. Identify major doctrinal development in America.

B. Apply in his own life the practical aspects of Christian living that can be learned from American Christianity.

C. Estimate the value of studying Church History by studying American Christianity.

D. Employ critical thinking in interactions with assigned course readings.

E. Evaluate the lives and ministries of leading Christians in America.

VII. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

1. Examinations - Three (3) sectional tests, each over the material covered during that third of the semester and designed to test the student's cognitive knowledge and guide him in reflecting on the practical aspects of Christian living will be successfully completed. These tests will require the student to recall names, dates, and events as well as some analyses of them. (Outcomes B and C)

2. Quizzes - Quizzes will be administered regularly on the last class day of the week to

gauge the students’ knowledge and comprehension of the reading assignment from the text for that week. These quizzes will require the student to recall names, events, and dates. Students may bring one page of handwritten notes to class to assist them with the quiz questions. (Outcomes A and D)

3. Outside work (Outcome E)

The students will research two (2) personalities in American Christianity from the lists below and write two biographies (one from each list). If a person is chosen who does not appear in the lists below, approval should be secured from the professor. The papers will be graded upon the adequacy of their research, content, and form. See Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, 8th ed. (2013), for proper form. They should be between six (6) and eight (8) pages long and should include: a table of contents, a survey of the person's life (including a one-page biographical outline), significant influence the person has had on American Christianity (positive and negative), writings produced, an evaluation of the person's life and work, documentation through footnotes, and a bibliography. Information may often be found under the denomination, state, or cause the individual served. Biography #1 will be due on March 6th and biography #2 will be due on April 17th. Students should turn in graded biography #1 (the hard copy with my notations) along with biography #2. Corrections of previous problems will raise the later grade. Failure to do so will lower the later grade. An extra five (5) percent will be available for biography #2 if it is submitted by March 8th. Papers are to be submitted through the “SafeAssign” tool on Blackboard and as a hard copy in class. International students experiencing difficulty with English language skills are encouraged to seek spelling and grammar help from American students as they write their papers. All students

should take advantage of the assistance available from the Graduate Writing Center.

Biography #1 (Well-Known Persons) Francis Asbury William Jennings Bryan Horace Bushnell Peter Cartwright Timothy Dwight Jonathan Edwards Ralph Waldo Emerson Charles G. Finney Billy Graham Charles Hodge Martin Luther King, Jr. Abraham Lincoln Reinhold Niebuhr Joseph Smith Ellen White George Whitefield Frances Willard Roger Williams Woodrow Wilson John Winthrop

Biography #2 (Lesser-Known Persons)

Richard Allen

James Blair Thomas Bray

Dorothy Day

Jonathan Dickinson

James Cardinal Gibbons

Isaac Hecker

Mahalia Jackson

Jacques Marquette

Catherine Marshall

Aimee Semple McPherson

William Miller

Phoebe Palmer

Michal Schlatter

Elizabeth Ann Seton

Fulton Sheen

Edward F. Sorin

Solomon Stoddard

Nathaniel Taylor

John Woolman

4. Instructional Procedures 1. Lectures will be conducted over the reading assigned for each day

from the text. Students should take careful notes since exam questions will come primarily from the lectures.

2. Class discussion of the major turning points in American Christianity will be encouraged. 3. Comparisons, contrasts, and applications to the current religious

situation will be made whenever appropriate.

VIII. COURSE GRADING AND POLICIES

A. Points

Sectional Tests . . . . . . 600 points Quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 points Outside work . . . . . . . 300 points Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 points B. Scale:

940-1000 A 920-939 A- 900-919 B+ 860-899 B 840-859 B- 820-839 C+ 780-819 C 760-779 C- 740-759 D+ 700-739 D 680-699 D- 679 and below F

C. Assignment Policies

Students should carefully develop the habit of taking all examinations on time. Quizzes missed may not be made up. However, lower quiz grade(s) may be dropped to cover excused absences. Late assignments will lose one letter grade (or ten percent) per week late and will not be accepted after Dec 3rd. Improvement on examination scores will also be taken into account when the final grade is calculated. Submitting extra work to raise a grade is not an option in this class.

D. Attendance Policies Students are expected to attend class regularly and to be on time. Failure to do so will often result in a lower final grade. Students who are absent from class six (6) times or more or who are chronically late are in danger of an automatic F. A good attendance record may result in a higher final grade. Attendance records will especially be taken into consideration in the case of a borderline final grade. It is the student’s responsibility to document excused absences.

E. Academic Misconduct Policies

Academic misconduct is strictly prohibited. See the graduate catalog for specific definitions, penalties, and processes for reporting.

F. Drop/Add Policies The student is obliged to follow the drop/add policies identified in the graduate catalog.

G. Dress Code

The student is expected to maintain a neat, professional appearance while in class. The code is described in the graduate catalog and may be amended with guidelines by the school of study.

H. Classroom Policies

The use of cell phones will not be permitted. The use of computers is provisional. The student will only be allowed to use a computer if he/she is taking notes during class. Surfing of the web, social networking, or any other activity on a computer that distracts the student from the lecture (in the opinion of the professor) will result in the forfeiture of the privilege of the use of the computer in class. Should one student’s behavior result in the forfeiture of the use of a computer for that student, the entire class may lose the privilege of the use of computers.

I. Disability Assistance Students with a documented disability may contact the Office of Disability Academic Support (ODAS) in DH 2016 to arrange for academic accommodations. For all disability test accommodation requests (i.e. quieter environment, extended time, oral testing, etc.) the Tutoring/Testing Center is the officially designated place for all tests administered outside of the regular classroom.

J. Student Conduct Policy

The student is expected to conduct himself/herself in a Godly and civil manner when addressing the professor or other students. While good healthy discussion will be expected and encouraged, at no time will personal attacks be tolerated.

IX. CALENDAR

Jan. 17 (T) Introduction to the course 19 (R) Gaustad and Schmidt, pp. 3-14 24 (T) “ pp. 15-29

26 (R) “ chap. 2 31 (T) “ pp. 49-65

Feb. 2 (R) “ pp. 65-73 7 (T) “ pp. 74-84 9 (R) “ pp. 84-94 14 (T) “ pp. 95-102 16 (R) “ pp. 103-114 21 (T) Review 23 (R) Test #1 28 (T) Gaustad and Schmidt, chap. 6 Mar. 1 (R) “ pp. 139-149 6 (T) “ pp. 149-161 Biography #1 due

8 (R) “ pp. 162-175 - Early biography #2 received

13 (T) Spring Break 15 (R) “ 20 (T) Gaustad and Schmidt, pp. 175-183 22 (R) “ chap. 9 27 (T) No class – Professor in PhD seminar

29 (R) “ “ “ Apr. 3 (T) Review 5 (R) Test #2 10 (T) Gaustad and Schmidt, chaps. 10 and 11 12 (R) “ chaps. 12 and 13 17 (T) “ chap. 14 – Biography #2 due 19 (R) “ chap. 15 24 (T) “ chap. 16 26 (R) “ chap. 17 May 1 (T) “ chap. 18; Review and class evaluation. Last day to receive outside work. Please complete on-line evaluation survey today. 7 (M) Final exam (10:30-12:30)

X. BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. Bibliographies

Burr, Nelson R. Critical Bibliography of Religion in America, 2 vols., 1961.

Freidel, Frank, ed. Harvard Guide to American History Series, 13 vols., 1893-97.

Smith, James W. and Jameson, A. Leland. A Critical Bibliography, 1963.

B. Reference Works

Bowden, Henry W. Dictionary of American Religious Biography, 1993.

Bureau of Census, Washington, D.C. Historical Statistics of the United States, 2 vols.

Carroll, Bret E., The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America, 2000.

Ellis, John T. Documents of American Catholic History, 1956.

Gaustad, Edwin S. A Documentary of History of Religion in America, 2 vols,

1983. Gaustad, Edwin S. and Philip L. Barlow New Historical Atlas of Religion in

America, 2001. Gaustad, Edwin S. and Noll, Mark A., eds. A Documentary History of Religion in

America, 2 vols., 2003.

Johnson, Allen, ed. Dictionary of American Biography, 11 vols., 1964.

Karp, Abraham J., ed. The Jewish Experience in America: Selected Studies from the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, 5 vols., 1969.

Mayer, F.E. The Religious Bodies in America. Mead, Frank S., and Hill, Samuel S. Handbook of Denominations in the United

States, 2001. McDannell, Colleen, ed., Religions of the United States in Practice, 2 vols., 2001.

Piekorn, Arthur C. Profiles in Belief: Religious Bodies of the United States and

Canada, 1960. Queen, Edward L. II, Prothero, Stephen R., and Shattuck, Gardiner H., Jr. The

Encyclopedia of American Religious History, 2 vols., 1996. Schaff, Philip, ed. The Creeds of Christendom, 3 vols., 1877.

Smith, H. Shelton; Handy, Robert T. ; and Loetscher, Lefferts A. American

Christianity: An Historical Interpretation with Representative Documents, 2 vols., 1960-63.

C. General Works of American History

Bancroft, George. History of the United States, 6 vols., 1876

Commager, Henry S. ; and Morris, Richard B. The New American Nation Series.

Parrington, Vernon L. Main Currents in American Thought, 3 vols., 1927, 1939.

Schlesinger, Arthur M.; and Fox, Dixon R., eds. A History of American Life, 13 vols., 1927-48.

Sellers, Charles; and May, Henry. A Synopsis of American History.

D. General Works of American Church History

Ahlstrom, Sydney. A Religious History of the American People, 1972

Burr, Nelson. Religion in American Life, 1971

Clebsch, William A. From Sacred to Profane America: The Role of Religion in

American History, 1968.

Gaustad, Edwin S. A Religious History of America, 1974.

. Religious Issues in American History, 1968.

Handy, Robert T. A History of the Churches in the United States and Canada, 1977.

. Religion in the American Experience, 1972.

Hatch, Nathan O.; and Knoll, Mark A. (eds.) The Bible in America, 1982.

Hudson, Winthrop S. Religion in America, 1968.

McLoughlin, William G. Religion in America, 1968.

Mead, Sidney E. The Old Religion in the Brave New World, 1977.

Olmstead, Clifton E. History of Religion in the United States, 1960.

Sweet, William W. The Story of Religion in America, 1950.

E. Church and State

Pfeffer, Leo. Church, State, and Freedom, 1953.

Stokes, Anson P. Church and State in the United States, 1950.

F. Roman Catholicism

Ellis, John T. American Catholicism, 1969

Gleason, Philip, ed. The Catholic Church in America, 1970.

G. Judaism

Gay, Ruth. Jews in America: A Short History, 1965. . Glazer, Nathan. American Judaism, 1957

H. Eastern Orthodoxy

Bespuda, Anastasia. Guide to Orthodox America, 1965.

Soloutos, Theodore. The Greeks in America, 1964.

I. Protestant Denominations

Albright, Raymond W. History of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1964.

Bacon, Margaret H. The Quiet Rebels: The Story of the Quakers in America, 1969.

Brauer, Jerald C. Protestantism in America: A Narrative History, 1965.

Bucke, Emory S., ed. The History of American Methodism, 3 vols., 1964.

Garrison, Winifred E.; and DeGroot, Alfred T. The Disciples of Christ: A

History, 1948

Hudson, Winthrop S. American Protestantism, 1961.

McBeth, H. Leon. The Baptist Heritage, 1987.

Marty, Martin E. Righteous Empire, 1970.

McLoughlin. William G. The American Evangelicals, 1800-1900: An Anthology, 1968

Thompson, Ernest T. Presbyterians in the South, 1963.

Wentz, Abdel R. A Basic History of Lutheranism in America, 1955.

Woodbridge, John D. et. al. The Gospel in America, 1979.

J. Revivalism

McLoughlin, William G. Modern Revivalism: Growth and Decline, 1944.

Weisberger, Bernard A. They Gathered at the River: The Story of the Great Revivalists and their Impact upon Religion in America, 1958.

K. Divergent Movements

Andrews, Edward D. The People Called Shakers, 1953.

Bates, Ernest S.; and Dittemore, John V. Mary Baker Eddy: The Truth and the

Tradition, 1932.

Braden, Charles S. These Also Believe: A Study of Modern American Cults and Minority Religious Movements, 1949.

Clarke, Elmer T. The Small Sects in America, 1949.

Cole, Marley. Jehovah's Witnesses: The NewWorld Society, 1955.

Frothingham, Octavius B. Transcendentalism in New England: A History, 1876.

Gaustad, Edwin S. Dissent in American Religion, 1973.

Mullen, Robert. The Latter Day Saints: Mormons Yesterday and Today, 1966.

Spaulding, W.W. A History of Seventh-Day Adventists, 2 vols., 1949.

L. Colonial Period

Baldwin, Alice M. The New England Clergy and the American Revolution, 1970.

Brauer, Jerald C. , ed. Religion and the American Revolution.

Carroll, Peter N., ed. Religion and the Coming of the American Revolution, 1970.

Cousins, Norman, ed. In God We Trust: The Religious Beliefs and Ideas of the

American Founding Fathers, 1958.

Gaustad, Edwin S. The Great Awakening in New England, 1957.

Gewehr, Wesley M. The Great Awakening in Virginia, 1740-1790, 1930.

Maxson, Charles H. The Great Awakening in the Middle Colonies, 1970.

Miller, Perry. Errand into the Wilderness, 1956.

Noll, Mark A. Christians in the American Revolution, 1976. M. Antebellum Protestantism

Billington, Ray A. The Protestant Crusade 1800-1860; A Study of the Origins of

American Nativism, 1938.

Miller, Perry. The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil

War, 1965.

Smith, Timothy L. Revivalism and Social Reform in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America, 1957.

Tyler, Alice F. Freedom's Ferment: Phases of American Social History to 1860,

1944.

N. Civil War

Dunham, Chester F. The Attitude of the Northern Clergy Toward the South, 1860-1865, 1942.

Frazier, E. Franklin. The Negro Church in America, 1964.

Reimers, David M. White Protestantism and the Negro, 1965.

Silver, James W. Confederate Morale and Church Propaganda, 1957.

O. Modern Protestantism

Carroll, Jackson W.; Johnson, Douglas W.; and Marty, Martin E. Religions in

America: 1950 to the Present, 1978.

Cauthren, Kenneth. The Impact of American Religious Liberalism, 1962.

Covert, Samuel M. The American Churches in the Ecumenical Movement, 1900-1968, 1968.

Furniss, Norman K. The Fundamentalist Controversy, 1918-1931, 1954.

Gasper, Louis. The Fundamentalist Movement, 1963.

Gatewood, William B. Jr., ed. Controversy in the Twenties: Fundamentalism,

Modernism, and Evolution, 1969.

Handy, Robert T., ed. The Social Gospel in America, 1870-1920: Gladden, Ely, Rauschenbush, 1966.

Henry, Carl F.H. Fifty Years of Protestant Theology, 1950.

Hill, Samuel S. Jr. Southern Churches in Crisis, 1967.

Hofstadter, Richard. Social Darwinism in the United States, 1860-1915, 1945.

Hutchinson, William R., ed. American Protestant Thought: The Liberal Era,

1968.

Kraus C. Norman. Dispensationalism in America: Its Rise and Development, 1958.

Machen, J. Gresham. Christianity and Liberalism, 1923.

Marsden, George, ed. Evangelicalism and Modern America, 1984.

Marty, Martin E. A Nation of Behavers, 1976.

May, Henry F. Protestant Churches and Industrial America, 1984.

Murch, James D. Cooperation Without Compromise: A History of the National Association of Evangelicals, 1956.

Nash, Ronald H. The New Evangelicalism, 1956.

Sandeen, Ernest R. The Roots of Fundamentalism, British and American, 1970.

P. Periodicals

CBM American Society of Church History, Church History, 1932

National Council of Churches, Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches,

1916.

CBM Organization of American Historians, Journal of American History, 1964.

XI. STUDENTS WITH A DOCUMENTED DISABILITY

may contact the Office of Disability Academic Support (ODAS) in Green Hall 2668 to make arrangements for academic accommodations. For all disability testing accommodation requests (i.e., quieter environment, extended time, oral testing, etc.). The Tutoring/Testing Center (Green Hall 2700) is the officially designated place for all tests administered outside of the regular classroom.