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Department of History

UCCS Department of History
1420 Austin Bluffs pkwy
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 255-4069
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History 300: Jesus in Red, White and Black

Jesus in Red, White, and Black:
Race and  Religion
in American History

 

Pueblo Revolt of 1680 Documents

John Eliot and the Praying Towns

Native American Religions and Religious freedom: A Brief Timeline
 

Native American Christ

Discussion of Stephen Prothero's  American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon

 

 
Black Robe

Part I: Amazon reviews
Part II: negative take
Part III: Christian reviewer

William Apess, Pequot Critic of American Colonialism

 

Syllabus

Paper and Class Journal Assignments

Class Blog

Student Journals and Blogs

* * * * * !! FINAL PAPER !! * * * * *

Grading Standards



ITEMS OF INTEREST, SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS

Say Amen, Somebody

Black Robe discussion questions for class, as well as a review of Brian Moore's novel, and further questions to consider

The Jesuit Relations, online

Native American Religion in Early America

Review of  The Apostle

Review of Blum, Reforging the White Republic


WEBDHerein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here in the dawning of the Twentieth Century. This meaning is not without interest to you, Gentle Reader; for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line. W.E.B. Du Bois




The Holy Bible

 

John Eliot's 1663 Bible: First Bible Printed in North America