This workshop features leading scholars on American Religious History from the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and is designed to have practical application for the classroom. We will focus on the complex and changing role of religion in American public life and politics and related shifts in the understanding of religious liberty and religious diversity.
Program Agenda
9:00 – 9:30
Registration (coffee and tea are provided)
9:30 – 9:45
Welcome and Introductions, Martien Halvorson-Taylor, Associate Professor and Associate Chair
9:45 – 10:45
“How Can the U.S. Be ‘The Most Protestant’ and ‘The Most Religiously Diverse’ Society at the
Same Time?” by Matthew Hedstrom, Assistant Professor
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:00
“Making Sense of American Church-State Relations in the 21st Century” by Kathleen Flake, Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies
12:00 – 12:30
Lunch (provided)
12:30 – 1:30
“Diversifying American Religious History through Primary Sources: ‘A Bintel Brief,’ Salvation on Sand Mountain, ‘Let It Be,’ and Black Theology and Black Power” by Heather Warren, Associate Professor
1:30 – 1:45
Break
1:45 – 2:45
Pedagogy Session on Religion in American History. By Jennifer Sublette-Williamson, Facilitator, Social Studies, Dept. of Instruction, Albemarle County