tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post1209852665789842064..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: In the Beginning...What?Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-87144106779925841342011-01-22T14:19:28.470-07:002011-01-22T14:19:28.470-07:00Wherever you start, please teach chronologically. ...Wherever you start, please teach chronologically. While I understand the value of displacing master narratives, the value of non-confused students should be even higher. I TA'd for someone who threw chronology out the window and ended up with a mass of very confused and ultimately ill-informed students. I appreciate that Heather identifies the need to incorporate the non-Arabella starting point into the rest of the course, and I see that as a key challenge: How do we rewrite a narrative that is capacious but hangs together in lecture classes on US religion?Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-14622602319500145282011-01-21T20:49:18.213-07:002011-01-21T20:49:18.213-07:00I like Sam Gill's MOTHER EARTH: AN AMERICAN ST...I like Sam Gill's MOTHER EARTH: AN AMERICAN STORY, but it's a tough read for undergrads.Chas S. Cliftonhttp://blog.chasclifton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-82536946267142925322011-01-21T17:59:03.707-07:002011-01-21T17:59:03.707-07:00I begin by raising the question of where they thin...I begin by raising the question of where they think we should begin and why. But I do then start with Christopher Columbus' journal, Sublimus Deus, and Las Casas. I'm an ethicist subbing in for the person who really knows US history, though; this is a convenient choice for me but I don't pretend it's ideal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com