HIST 353 - Studies in U.S. Religious and Intellectual History

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SP. This course examines the role of ideas, beliefs, and values in U.S. history, focusing topically on dominant and dissenting systems of thought and conviction that have been particularly important in U.S. history. The course will analyze both elite and popular materials from across the full range of public expression-from state papers to protest publications, the arts, journalism, religion, literature, and the academy-to understand how these have both shaped and responded to the key historical forces of their times.