This course will analyze the history of the United States from 1877 to the present. The students will review the growth of the United States from Post-Reconstruction to the global era. Specific emphasis will be placed on the social, cultural, political, and domestic issues of the U.S. and its emergence as a world power.
As an established country with its own internal conflicts and growing pains, the students will develop and understanding that the United States will embark on a new role as a global power that will influence countries around the globe throughout the modern era.
The development of a new country is usually broader than our own missional concerns. This course is needed to expand our understanding of the complexities of continuously growing a country and how God influences its direction.
This course develops a biblical perspective of how the Untied States grew beyond its own distinct issues. Emphasis will be placed on the biblical views of the how the United States became a global power.
Students will develop an understanding of mission as the development of a country becomes an influence on global power.
This course helps students examine how the United States embarked on its role as a global power that will influence countries around the globe throughout the modern era.
Students will learn how Christian values have guided the United States and how those values are a part of mission.
Students will be better prepared to engage in mission through the discussion of the the 20th centry history fo the United States.
This course requires students to consider their understanding of the United States has developed into a world power and how mission influenced that.