Spring 2025 Class: Honors Religious Diversity in America
Honors: Religious Diversity in America
Professor Charles Townsend
Online Asynchronous Format
Register for PHL 130 HC1 (CRN: 11981)
Gen Eds: Humanities; U.S. Diversity Studies
Concentrations: Jewish Studies
Are you interested in understanding the rights and laws that guarantee your religious freedom? In exploring the lives of diverse religious communities throughout American history and in the Chicago area today? The class examines the beliefs and practices of diverse religious communities in American history and today with special attention throughout the class to intersections of religion, race, ethnicity, and gender in the history of religion(s) in America.
The assignments are structured to offer flexible options for fulfilling the course requirements (you can tailor a mixture of different kinds of response papers, site visits, and/or thematic papers). Students will finish the course with an individually guided final project on a current topic of their choice in religion in America with opportunities to contribute to the Chicagoreligions.com website or otherwise share your work. You can view some of the past projects Honors students have contributed here.
“Religious Diversity in America” satisfies ‘Area E’ (Humanities) and Oakton’s new ‘Area G’ US Diversity Studies General Education Requirements and the class is transferrable to Illinois Colleges and Universities through the Illinois Articulation Agreement (IAI: H5905), as well as most other colleges’ transfer agreements.
For more information contact Charles Townsend.
