RELG 2150 - History of Modern Christianity

Hours: 4
This course is a survey of Christian institutional and intellectual history from the Reformation to the present day. The institutional history of Christianity involves issues such as: How did the Christian church change during and after the Reformation? How did the various denominations of modern Christianity begin, and how did they spread? The intellectual history deals with the important ideas connected with these historical developments, for instance the response of Christian theologians to the Enlightenment, the beliefs of Christian Liberalism and Fundamentalism, and the Liberation Theologies that appeared in the last half of the twentieth century. The course balances these historical and theological issues with detailed examinations of the lives and thought of important Christian theologians. Students need not have any background in Christianity to do well in this course. The textbooks and the lectures all presume that the student has very little knowledge of Christianity. In addition to lectures, films and class discussions are used to present the course material.
Notes: Beginning Fall Semester 2012 (not retroactive), for all students except those majoring in Nursing, this course may be used as a substitute for the INST Reflection and Responsibility requirement.

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RELG 2150 - History of Modern Christianity