Write an essay that selects one example from American religious history to illustrate each of the above 6 transformations.

In the readings you have encountered a set of terms to describe the religious transformations that happen when different religions encounter each other: 1) pluralism 2) syncretism, 3) conversion, 4) religious conquest, 5) creative adaptation, 6) assimilation.

Write an essay that selects one example from American religious history to illustrate each of the above 6 transformations. Your essay should provide a detailed explanation of how and why the historical example you’ve selected is an example of pluralism, syncretism, conversion, religious conquest, creative adaptation, or assimilation. Choose a different example for each term. You should select your examples from any historical situation covered in lectures or the assigned readings for this unit, though you must use the baptisms performed by Fr. Laforgue in the final chapter of Black Robe for one example. You do not need a bibliography or footnotes, though you should provide parenthetical citations for any quotes you use from readings – for example, (Moore, 23).

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