A one-off lecture on Sunday 12t November for Lockdown
Synopsis
1 Early days of Puritan immigration
2 The 'Great Awakening' of George Whitefield 1739-41
3 Why did American support the British in The 7 Years War. 1756-63?
4 Religion and The American Revolution
5 The First Amendment 1791
6 Recap
7 How have religious groups diversified since 1791?
8 Slavery and Civil War
9 Modern Times
Key text
Religion in America by Timothy Beal published by Oxford. Contains a good bibliography
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