Introduction to Church History: Early Church, Middle Ages, Reformation |
CH140 |
| Christopher Shorrock ofm conv (coordinator) | Semester 1, 2012 Thursday 6.00pm — 9.00pm |
A survey unit at introductory level which covers the areas of the Early Church, the Middle Ages, and the Reformation.
Prerequisites
none
Requirements
3 hours per week
Assessment
| one 500 word assignment | 10% |
| two 750 word essays | 2 x 20% |
| one 2 hour written examination | 50% |
Seminar Text
Augustine. Confessions.
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.