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1、ReligiousMythsofAmerica:Dr.BuckSyllabus(Spring2004)1IAH211C,AreasStudiesandMulticulturalCivilizations:TheAmericasFocuson:RELIGIOUSMYTHSOFAMERICA"InthebeginningalltheworldwasAmerica."—JohnLocke,"SecondTreatiseofCivilGovernment."TwoTreatisesofGovernment(1690).COURSEINFORMATIONT
2、itle:ReligiousMythsofAmericaCode:IAH211C,AreaStudiesandMulticulturalCivilizationsCredits:Four(4)credits.Prerequisites:ATL(TierIwritingrequirement).Location:312Bessey(Spring2004).MeetingTime:Mon./Wed.7:00-8:50p.m.(Spring2004).INSTRUCTORINFORMATIONProfessor:Dr.ChristopherBuckOf
3、fice:268BesseyHallOfficeHours:M/W1:00-4:00p.m.Phone:432-2557E-mail:REQUIREDTEXTBOOKS(1)ReligiousMythsofAmerica.EditedbyChristopherBuck.Copyright2003.(XanEduCoursePackID:206144.)ISBN1-59399-022-7.[SecondarySources,withInternetlinkstoprimarysources.][Note:YourXan
4、EduDigitalCoursePackissoldexclusivelythroughtheSpartanBookstoreviaa"keypackage"(shrink-wrapped8.5x11inchpackage),whichcontainsasealedaccesskey(uniquestringofnumbers)andinstructionsforusingyouraccesskey.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorproblemsafterpurchasingyourcoursepack,pleasecontact
5、XanEduCustomerServiceat1-800-218-5971Option3.](2)White,VibertL.,Jr.InsidetheNationofIslam:AHistoricalandPersonalTestimonybyaBlackMuslim.Gainesville:UniversityPressofFlorida,2001.WithaForewordbyMikeWallace.ISBN:0-8130-2082-4.$24.95.[Note:hisbookisalsousedasatextbookbyProf.Darl
6、eneClarkHineatbothMSUandHarvard.](3)CD-RW:ForElectronicPortfolioAssignments.COURSEDESCRIPTIONThiscoursewasoriginallydesignedfor"Myth,SelfandReligion"(REL205),inwhichIproposedaspecialtopic:"MythsofAmerica,Religion,andtheDemocraticSelf."Insteadoflookingat"dead"mythsofantiquity,
7、myintentwasfocusonmodernor"living"mythsintheAmericanexperience.Therationaleforthenewcoursedesignwaspost9-11curricularrelevance,issuesofreligiousresponsestomodernity,andtheevolvingandexpandingideaofAmerica.Indeed,thereexistseveral"theologiesofAmerica"thatrelateconceptsofperson
8、alsalvation/liberationtonotionsofsocialsalvation,includingperspectiv