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HDS 2776

Unitarian and Universalist History in the United States

Dan McKanan

Description

This survey course will trace the history of both Unitarianism and Universalism from their eighteenth-century origins to the present. Topics will include the diverse starting points of liberal religion in the United States, the Unitarian controversy at Harvard, Transcendentalism and social reform in the mid-nineteenth century, the challenges of free religion and religious humanism, tensions between Boston Unitarianism and the rest of the country, the movement of liberal religion beyond its Protestant roots, merger and growth in the middle of the twentieth century, the Black Empowerment struggle, and the ongoing interplay between Unitarian Universalism and other strands of American religion.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes

Scheduling

Half Course
Expected to be offered: Spring 2011
Course times to be announced.
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	History of Christianity Religions of the Americas
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Christianity
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	none
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 2
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a