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Intermediate American Records
Course Summary:
Optional Print Course Material: American: Religious Records - Part 2
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In this course we discuss American religions in the United States primarily after 1800, including the Orthodox, Easternrite Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Muslims, groups of the Restoration Movement, and others. The course will explore types of religious records available, how to use them, and where accessed. History of religious groups as relevant to their records is included.
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 8 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 1
OVERVIEW: RELIGIOUS GROUPS & RECORDS IN THE 19TH & 20TH CENTURIES
Accessing Religious Records
Realignment of Colonial Religious Groups
Education & the Church
Slavery Issues & the Church
Emerging Religious Groups - Early 19th Century
Post Civil War Population and Intellectual Climate
Black Churches
Immigrants in the Late 19th & Early 20th Centuries
Latecomers to the Religious Scene in America
MODULE 2
THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT
The Restoration Movement Defined
Records—Churches of the Restoration Movement
Timeline
MODULE 3
MORMONS AND COMMUNITY OF CHRIST
Membership Statistics
Timeline
Mormons
Genealogy: Uniting the family beyond the grave
Family History Library
MODULE 4
ORTHODOX CHURCH AND EASTERN-RITE CATHOLICS
Shared Eastern Roots
Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Orthodox Church in America
Eastern-Rite Catholics
MODULE 5
JUDAISM
Judaism, a World Religion
Forms of Judaism in the Modern Era
Judaism in the 19th and 20th Centuries in the U.S
A Response Concerning Orthodox Records
MODULE 6
BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND ISLAM
World Religions Compared
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
MODULE 1
OVERVIEW: RELIGIOUS GROUPS & RECORDS IN THE 19TH & 20TH CENTURIES
Accessing Religious Records
Realignment of Colonial Religious Groups
Education & the Church
Slavery Issues & the Church
Emerging Religious Groups - Early 19th Century
Post Civil War Population and Intellectual Climate
Black Churches
Immigrants in the Late 19th & Early 20th Centuries
Latecomers to the Religious Scene in America
MODULE 2
THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT
The Restoration Movement Defined
Records—Churches of the Restoration Movement
Timeline
MODULE 3
MORMONS AND COMMUNITY OF CHRIST
Membership Statistics
Timeline
Mormons
Genealogy: Uniting the family beyond the grave
Family History Library
MODULE 4
ORTHODOX CHURCH AND EASTERN-RITE CATHOLICS
Shared Eastern Roots
Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Orthodox Church in America
Eastern-Rite Catholics
MODULE 5
JUDAISM
Judaism, a World Religion
Forms of Judaism in the Modern Era
Judaism in the 19th and 20th Centuries in the U.S
A Response Concerning Orthodox Records
MODULE 6
BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND ISLAM
World Religions Compared
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam