Required Texts:
James A. Sandos, Converting California: Indians and Franciscans in the Missions
Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Fire and Roses: The Burning of the Charlestown Convent
Robert Orsi, The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem
Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness
Timothy Matovina and Gary Riebe-Estrella, eds., Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism
Mark Massa and Catherine Osbourne, eds., American Catholic History: A Documentary Reader.
Additional Readings posted on the course’s Moodle Website
Evaluations:
3 Essays - 5 pages each (35% of Final Grade)
Essay 1 (5%)
Essays 2-3 (15%)
Participation (25% of Final Grade)
Weekly Forum postings on Moodle (Due by Thursday evening) (10%)
In-Class Participation (Wednesday/Friday Discussions & Debates + Attendance) (15%)
Examinations (40% of Final Grade)
Exam I (10%)
Exam II (10%)
Final Exam (20%)