HIST 2260 Lecture : Unit One.docx
Document Summary
Three themes will weave their way through the course work: dis-integration 2. Dis-integration refers to an important theme in modern western society, more usually labelled secularisation (or sometimes de- christianisation , especially in the french-speaking world). Church and state refers to the ongoing dance between organised religion and the structures of the state (government, bureaucracy, schools, etc. ), and involving a comparison between the different nations presented in the course. The other refers to how religion interacts with those who are culturally, religiously, ethnically different than a dominant religion. This is found most obviously when europeans come into contact with indigenous cultures in north america, but also is seen in the interactions between ethnic groups - in europe and in north america after european settlement. There will be some units where these themes are explicitly discussed, but all will be there, at least implicitly in every unit.