Pluralism in Multireligious Am

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This course discusses the limits of pluralism in an increasingly diverse, multireligious, and nonreligious America, primarily through a case studies approach. Course content will concern the intersection of these three issues: (1) the multireligious makeup of the United States (focusing on Hindu, Sikh, Islamic, Christian, and Jewish religious traditions, along with the rise of the religiously unaffiliated); (2) the myth or reality of America’s “Judeo-Christian” roots; and (3) the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution (so-called “separation of Church and State”). The intersection of race and religion in American history and politics will also be studied.