2019 Honors Colloquium

September 17, 2019 – December 10, 2019

“In God We Trust,” “God Bless America,” and “One Nation Under God”: These ubiquitous slogans testify to the continuing impact of religion on the American public sphere.  According to a 2014 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 89% of Americans professed belief in “God or a universal spirit”- the highest percentage in the developed world.  This high degree of national theological consensus goes hand in hand, however, with an astonishing degree of religious diversity- the highest in the world.

This colloquium explores both the diversity and ubiquity of faith in America, and the complex ways in which religion intersects with American culture.

Coordinators: Annu Matthew, Evelyn Sterne, Alan Verskin

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Speakers

Videos of presentations are available on the speaker pages linked below, unless otherwise noted.

• What Does Religion in the United States Look Like Today? - Alan Cooperman
  September 17, 2019
• Catholicism in America - Emma Green
  September 24, 2019
• Protestantism and the Rise of Evangelicalism - Randall Balmer
  October 15, 2019
• Islam in America - Kecia Ali
  October 22, 2019
• Judaism in America - Dan Judson
  October 29, 2019
• Race and Religion - Judith Weisenfeld
  November 5, 2019
• Religion and Medicine - Jeremy Sugarman
  November 12
  (Video not available)
• Spirituality, Atheism, and Religion Outside Institutions - Christel Manning
  November 19, 2019
• Religion and Politics in the United States - Molly Worthen
  December 10, 2019