FYS 1229 - Race-Based New Religions

Credits: 4
Throughout American history, a variety of social groups have combined racial, ethnic, and religious rhetoric as they created dozens of new religious movements. This trend peaked in the 1900s, but is otherwise a ubiquitous factor throughout American history. This course explores the history of new social groups that blended racial, ethnic, and religious rhetoric to create new religious identities and new religious movements in America.

McDaniel Plan: First Year Seminar; Multicultural; Social, Cultural and Historical Understanding