Fall 2008
Dear Student,
Thank you for your interest in CPRL/POSC 381Religion and Politics in the USA.
This course is cross-listed in CPRL and POSC. When the course is closed in POSC, simply register under CPRL. It is the same course and counts for the same credit of GE, Majors, and Minors.
This course fulfills General Education (GE) III.C.2 "Implications, Explorations, and Participatory Experience in the Social Sciences."
NOTE: (If you are a Major in Religious Studies, this course counts toward your nine units of upper division courses in Comparative Religion, but cannot count for GE. If you are a Major in Political Science, this course counts toward your eighteen units of electives for the major; since the home department for this course is CPRL and is cross-listed with POSC, it can also fulfill GE III.C.2 for POSC majors.)
Course Description:
An examination of the relationship of politics and religion, especially in the U.S. The colonial and constitutional experience, Supreme Court decisions on religious issues, the principal theorists of moral discourse in the public forum. Contemporary issues of concern. Not available for graduate degree credit (CSUF Catalog).
The complete syllabus will be available on BlackBoard to registered students.
(A print version will be distributed at the first class.)
There are three Required Texts:
Available at Little Professor Book Center, 725 N. Placentia Ave. Fullerton, 714-996-3133, or at your favorite on-line book seller.
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Wald, Kenneth and Calhoun-Brown, Allison. Religion and Politics in the United States. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, fifth edition 2006. ISBN: 0-742-54041-3. [Primary Textbook] Lambert, Frank. The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America. Princeton University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0-6911-2602-X. Wilcox, Clyde and Larson, Carin. Onward Christian Soldiers? The Religious Right in American Politics. Westview Press, (new edition) 2006. ISBN: 0-8133-4333-X. Paul, Richard and Elder, Linda. The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools. Dillon Beach, CA: The Foundation for Critical Thinking, fourth edition, 2005. ISBN: 0-944583-10-5. |
Plus, there is a Required Course Reader:
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he course reader will be on Reserve at CSUF library and available for purchase at CopyCo 2438 E. Chapman (at State College Blvd./between 99¢ Store & BigLots) 714-680-9800.
If you have questions before the course begins,
please send me an E-mail at pLevesque@Fullerton.edu
You can also contact me at: 714-278-5902
My office is UH 315.
I look forward to seeing you in the course.
