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HDS 2357

Evangelical Conversion and Disenchantment Narratives

David Hempton

Description

This seminar will concentrate on processes and discourses of religious conversion and disenchantment within the Evangelical tradition from the early eighteenth to the later twentieth centuries. Questions addressed will include what was the appeal of Evangelical religion and spirituality to different social groups, how were religious conversions understood and expressed, and what factors promoted subsequent disenchantment? We will examine conversion narratives, various expressions of disenchantment (in art and literature), and some examples of reconversion. By exploring these categories, the course hopes to shed light on wider themes such as the emergence of a concept of self in the early modern period, and possible causes of secularization in later periods.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1463

Scheduling

Half Course
Not Offered 2009-10
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