HIS2032 History of Religion in New England

This course examines the history and changing dynamics of American religion, spirituality, and non-religion, with a specific focus on New England and the region around Landmark College. The course considers the historical development of diverse religious and spiritual traditions in the region, including contemporary developments and changing social dynamics, such as the significant rise of the religiously unaffiliated (the so called “nones”), new religious movements, those who identify as “spiritual but not religious”, etc. A distinctive feature of the course will be visits to religious, spiritual, and related institutions and sites in the religious, together with interviews and dialogue with practitioners and leaders of those institutions, to gain an understanding of the lived experience and practice of these movements within the region at present. Credits: 3.000