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Term :
Spring 2025
Course Name :
Religious Studies 135-70 (5988)
Course Title :
Religion in America
Class Notes :
  • The DE-LEC part of this class requires 4.15 hours per week of online instruction.
  • 13 week class from 02/18/25 to 05/19/25.
  • This is a fully online class. Students will be required to complete online instructional content via Canvas. This class could offer some live online meetings, but students will have options on accessing that content. Students should log on to Canvas the first day of class to access classes. Canvas Log In Page
Instructor :
A. Pave
E-Mail Address :
Instructor Comments :
Instructor Name: Dr. Adam D. Pave

The course will be available on Canvas on (or prior to) the first day of the semester.

To avoid having your name dropped from the course roster, active participation is required. Please check your SBVC email regularly.

For online courses: please log in on the first day and begin the assignments! If you miss the first deadline, your name will be removed from the course roster.

All work for the first unit must be completed by the first deadline to remain in the course.

Please be sure to get the correct editions of these books for the appropriate course:

PHIL-101 Introduction to Philosophy (One Book Total)
Title: Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter
Author: Donald Palmer
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition information: 7th edition (6th edition ok)
ISBN: 9780078119163


PHIL-105 Introduction to Ethics (One Book Total)
Title: The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature
Author: Louis P. Pojman and Lewis Vaughn, editors
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition information: Seventh Edition (Please no substitutions on this edition)
ISBN: 9780197610060

RELIG-100 Introduction to Religious Studies AND RELIG-100H Intro to Religious Studies-Honors (course + honors section) (Two Books Total)
Title: Ten Theories of Religion
Author: Daniel L. Pals
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition Information: Fourth Edition (Please no substitutions on this edition)
ISBN: 9780190935085

Title: Introducing Religion, Readings from the Classic Theorists
Author: Daniel L. Pals, editor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition Information: First (2009) (Please no substitutions on this edition)
ISBN: 9780195181494



Religious Studies 101 Introduction to World Religions (Three Books Total)
Title: World Religions Today
Author: John L. Esposito and Darrell J. Fasching
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition information: Seventh Edition (Please no substitutions on this edition)
ISBN: 9780197537657

Title: Siddhartha
Author: Hermann Hesse
Publisher: Bantam Books
Edition information: (Newer or less expensive substitution ok)
ISBN: 9780553208849

Title: Night
Author: Elie Wiesel
Publisher: Hill and Wang Publishers
Edition information: (substitution ok, but prefer this edition)
ISBN: 9780374500016

RELIG115: Magic, Witchcraft, Cults and New Religious Movements (1 book total)
Title: The Anthropology of Religion, Magic and Witchcraft
Author: Rebecca Stein and Philip Stein
Publisher: Routledge
Edition Information: Fourth Edition
ISBN: 9781138692527



RELIG135 Religion in America (2 books Total)
Title: Religion in America
Author: Julia Corbett-Hemeyer
Publisher: Routledge
Edition Information: 7th edition (2016) (paperback or electronic edition)
ISBN: 9781138188075

Title: The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith
Author: Joanna Brooks
Publisher: Free Press
Edition Information: 1st (2012) (any edition is acceptable)
ISBN: 9781451699685


RELIG176 Jesus and His Interpreters (3 Books Total)
Title: Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: Paperback First Edition
ISBN: 9780195124743

Title: Jesus Beyond Christianity
Author: Gregory Parker and Stephen Gregg, editors
Edition Information: Paperback First Edition
ISBN: 9780199553440

Title: ESV Economy Bible
Author: Various
Publisher: Crossway
Edition Information: (This edition recommended due to low cost)
ISBN: 978-1433558276



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Contact me with questions on the resources: apave@valleycollege.edu

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