Introduction to American Religious History
Final Exam
Gregory Hite
Spring 2006
Thursday May 11, 2006
New College of Florida

o You have three (3) hours to complete this exam.
o When you are done, please email it back to me IN THE BODY of the email and NOT as an attachment.
o The exam is CLOSED BOOK.
o Make sure your NAME is on the exam.
o If you are unsure as to whether or not you were able to successfully email the exam, it is YOUR responsibility to place a HARD COPY in my box in Cook Hall by 5 pm tomorrow (May 12)


Section I: Long Identifications

Please write a paragraph for each ID which identifies and notes the significance of four (4 ) of the following. Specifically address how these terms, people and groups relate to each other and the whole of American religious history!

1. Arminian Theology and the Second Great Awakening
2. Catholicism and the Labor Movement in America
3. Post-Millenialism and the Social Gospel Movement
4. The City and American Protestantism c. 1900
5. Religion and the American Revolution
6. Race and Pentecostalism
7. Language and Judaism in America
8. Gender and Voluntary Associations


Section II: Major Essay

One scholar of American religious history notes that migration is “an inherently theologizing experience.” The movement of people changed the American cultural landscape institutionally, linguistically, theologically, culturally, politically, musically, and religiously. With special attention to the faith and religious institutions, trace the theme of immigration and migration throughout American religious history from Puritan New England onward. Are their different types of immigrations? Does mobility affect all groups in the same way? Has technology altered the way people think about and act upon movement? It is up to you to chose the groups, people, ideas and readings you wish to address. The purpose of this essay is for you demonstrate you overall grasp of the material-be specific!

If you feel that you are unprepared to answer this question, write out your own that addresses a theme that you can trace over the full course of American religious history and answer it in lieu of mine.