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Introduction to Church History:
Early Church, Middle Ages, Reformation

Foundational Unit for GradDipTheol

CH350

Austin Cooper omi AM (coordinator) Semester 1, 2012
Thursday 6.00pm — 9.00pm

A survey unit at graduate level which covers the areas of the Early Church, the Middle Ages, and the Reformation.

Prerequisites

none

Requirements

two one hour lectures each week and 6 seminars during the semester
Students are expected to present a one-page handout at each seminar and speak to that. This may form part of the final essay.

Assessment

one 4,000 word essay 60%
one 2 hour written examination 40%

Bibliography

  • Buckley, James J., Frederick C. Bauerschmidt, and Trent Pomplun, eds. The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.
  • Chadwick, Owen. A History of Christianity. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995.
  • Coakley, John W., and Andrea Sterk, eds. Readings in World Christian History. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2004.
  • Comby,  Jean. From the Beginnings to the Fifteenth Century. Vol. 1 of How to Read Church History. London: SCM, 1985.
  • Comby, Jean, and Diarmaid MacCulloch. From the Reformation to the Present Day. Vol. 2 of How to Read Church History. London: SCM, 1989.
  • Cross, Frank L., and Elizabeth A. Livingstone, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • Gerhardt, Mary, and Fabian E. Udoh, eds. The Christianity Reader. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2007.
  • Hamman, Adalbert-G. How to Read the Church Fathers. London: SCM, 1993.
  • Harries, Richard, and Henry Mayr-Harting, eds. Christianity: Two Thousand Years. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • McManners, John, ed. Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.
  • Murray, Peter, and Linda Murray. Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • Partner, Peter. Two Thousand Years. 2 vols. London: Granada, 1999.