Ttc - Prof. Patrick N Allitt - American Religious History Page

on topics like the Scopes Monkey Trial or Native American religions within the course.

Addressing the impact of immigration, secularization, and the rising influence of non-Christian faiths in the 20th and 21st centuries. 3. Key Themes in Allitt's Approach TTC - Prof. Patrick N Allitt - American Religious History

The course begins by contrasting the diverse religious traditions of Native Americans with the arrival of European settlers. Allitt focuses heavily on the Puritans of New England, who sought to establish a "City upon a Hill"—a model Christian society. He explores how their rigid theological framework paradoxically sowed the seeds of its own fragmentation through internal dissenters like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. 2. The Great Awakenings and the Revolution on topics like the Scopes Monkey Trial or