tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post840351274635515821..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Syllabus: Asian Religions in American CulturePaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-43487445713663589692013-09-03T13:27:43.915-06:002013-09-03T13:27:43.915-06:00Great question. One could very well add in a unit ...Great question. One could very well add in a unit on Asian American Christianities to this class. If it was an "Asian American Religions" course I would most certainly do that. <br /><br />But for my purposes right now, I want the course to focus on the ways the dominant white Protestant American culture encountered religious difference in the form of "Asian religions" or "the East." Hence the Edward Said reading early on. Part of the point of that first set of readings is to get into that discussion. To show that whatever we call "Asian" is a complete fabrication, no less than "religion." South Asian Muslims could also be added to the syllabus, for example. <br /><br />In short, my interest in religious difference and Protestant power shaped the syllabus in a way that focuses on moments where "Asian religions" served as an Other for white Protestant America--for better or worse.Michael J. Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352048990586521566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-57825544634417834852013-09-03T12:40:01.216-06:002013-09-03T12:40:01.216-06:00Michael, have you thought of including Christianit...Michael, have you thought of including Christianity as also an Asian religion (in America)?Semaphorichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538160202940543629noreply@blogger.com