Papers should focus on a particular (approved) aspect of (or topic in) the history of religion in the United States. Papers should reflect familiarity with the history of research on that (particular) topic and provide the reader with a critical and chronological overview of that topic’s significance. Papers would thus ideally focus on and frame a particular problem, question, or contested site in the historical study of American religion. Papers should be no less than 10 pages (not including title page or bibliography) and include at least five scholarly sources. A peer-reviewed scholarly source is either published in a journal or book. Papers should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman, using 12 pt. font (except for footnotes, in 10 pt). Chicago Style Formatting (w/footnotes and bibliography).