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Course Info for RELG - 328 - 01, Fall 2025
Class number: 3156 Title: Religion in Hartford Department: Religious Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 6 Available seats: 13
Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, MC - 205 Instructor(s): Ribovich, Leslie
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Course Description:
From Algonquin peoples to white Christian settlers to Jews to Buddhists to Santeras, Hartford's urban landscape has been and continues to be shaped by religion. The city's religious history and present affect how we live together and share public resources. In this course, we seek to understand what "religion in public life" means in a city so religiously, racially, ethnically, and economically diverse, and also so segregated. We engage a diverse range of religious practitioners, religious social policy organizing, and historical research. Through our academic study and community building, we aim to enrich public knowledge about Hartford's religious communities' histories, practices, and needs.