Overview
why this course?
Apart from the fact that it's required for most degrees, I would suggest that knowing what Christians have done in the past is essential to understanding how we got to where we are today. Essentially Christian History is about leadership - both good and bad.
audit for $375
Auditing means you are not required to complete assignments and the professor will not be reviewing your work. We strongly recommend full participation for maximum value.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Course Description
This course provides an overview of Christianity from the emerging Church to the present day with a focus on critical historical and theological developments. Attention will be paid to movements, monastic orders, major persons, socio-political location, events, and dominant controversies.
Shelley, Dr. Bruce L. Church History in Plain Language: Fourth Edition. Thomas Nelson.
Course Features
- Lectures 25
- Quizzes 0
- Duration College Semester
- Skill level Level 200
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
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Lectures
- Introduction
- The World of the Early Church
- The Early Church: Worship, Life & Personalities
- The Persecution of the Church
- Constantine and the Edict of Milan
- Monasticism, From the Desert Fathers to Benedict
- Augustine of Hippo, Jerome and the Latin Vulgate
- The Western Empire Collapses & Issues and Individuals in the Early Medieval World
- Bonaventure, Charlemagne and the Church
- Great Schism – The Divorce of Byzantium and Rome
- Innocent III, the Decline of the Papacy, and Reforming Movements
- The Conciliar Movement, John Huss and the Inquisition
- The Reformation Begins
- The Reformation Continues!
- The Radical Reformation
- Anglicanism, The Catholic Response
- The Wesley’s and Methodism
- Christianity in the New World & The Great Awakening
- Meanwhile the revivals March on… The Second Great Awakening
- Restorationism
- The Azusa Street Revival and the Pentecostal Movement
- WWI & the Beginning of the Loss of Faith
- The 20th Century in a Nutshell
- Where are we at today?
- Final exam
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