American Religious History Character
This week you will submit a detailed timeline of your historical character's life, in order to gain a broader understanding of the context of your character's actions. Be sure to include any major world, political, and/or religious events that may have impacted them and/or shaped their worldview.
As you complete this assignment be sure to document your sources. You may need to refer to these as you develop the "Contribution" portion of this project. Additional Online Resources are available in the Course Materials folder.
For those of you who would like to explore further, listed below are some additional online resources which you might find useful.
American Academy of Religion – as they note, "Founded in 1909, the AAR is the world's largest association of academics who research or teach topics related to religion.
http://www.aarweb.org/
Concise Dictionary of Religion – a useful source of 'religion' housed on the University of Calgary's website.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/books/concise/
Religion Online – as a general compendium of religion, here is an excellent source to connect with thousands of religious texts.
http://www.religion-online.org/
American Sense of Puritan – From the American Studies group at the University of Virginia for the Capital Project by Scott Aikens.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purmain.html
Puritanism in New England – a concise summary of Puritan beliefs and culture.
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/purdef.htm
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/p/great_awakening.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/us/7b.asp
https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Awakening
