Relevant clips from movies and television
January 15, 2013
The “Redemption” clip from The Mission (1986), retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhhFRqjF_o on January 14, 2013
January 17, 2013
Trailer from the 1996 film The Crucible, retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUIAxTxrnCc on January 14, 2013
February 7, 2013
Discussion on Ghost Dances
This clip is from Paranormal TV, which may seem like an odd source for class, but I think it’s relevant in an American Studies context. For example, a TV channel devoted to the paranormal provides a window into cultural fascination with the supernatural as well as its conflation with religion. Thinking in terms of a final paper, students interested in television might investigate the variety of TV channels that broadcast programs of a religious nature and compare how the portrayal of religion differs, or the variety of aspects of religion that the programs emphasize.
This clip gives a nice overview of the Ghost Dance movement of the nineteenth century and also includes a variety of images from the period.
Video clip retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1Fslf3g2M on February 6, 2013
- PBS, God In America – Walter Rauschenbusch
- Christian History – Walter Rauschenbusch
- Fordham University Modern History Sourcebook – Walter Rauschenbusch
- Evans, Christopher H. The Kingdom is Always But Coming: A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2010).
- Rauschenbusch Center for Spirit and Action – Walter Rauschenbusch