Lehrende/r: Anja-Maria Bassimir; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Axel Schäfer
Veranstaltungsart: Proseminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 45
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: When it comes to the study of U.S. society and politics, there is no getting away from religion. Over 95 percent of Americans believe in God, 87 percent consider themselves Christians, and upwards of 40 percent regard biblical prophesies as predictions of real events. Moreover, political leaders in the United States tend to openly declare their religious faith and frequently invoke the powerful imagery of the "nation under God". To many observers, this high level of religiosity is one of the strangest and most disturbing phenomena of American culture, defying all assumptions about the rise of secularism in modern industrial societies. This course examines religiousness in the U.S. on the basis of a closer look at two sociopolitical movements at different ends of the political scale that nonetheless shared many features and characteristics: The Civil Rights Movement and the New Christian Right. It explores their origins in the political realignments, socioeconomic shifts, migration patterns, legal changes, and cultural transformations wrought by the New Deal, World War II and the Cold War. It also places their mobilization in the context of America’s rise to global power, decolonization, and the rise of international communism. Please note: this course will be thought digitally through moodle. You will be added to the moodle. Check you e-mail regularly!
Digitale Lehre: Please note: this course will be thought digitally through moodle. You will be added to the moodle. Check you e-mail regularly!
