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Academic Year 2004/2005
History of Modern Christian Thought
RELI 220 SP
This course examines the development of western Christian reflection from the late Renaissance through the present. Beginning in the 16th century with both loyal and dissenting Catholic figures, and then turning to the
Reformers,
key texts will be read and considered in light of their surrounding social and intellectual milieus. Other movements that will be examined through key religious thinkers and the cultural situations in which they are
writing
include: Puritanism, the enlightenment, romanticism, the social gospel, existentialism, Black theology, feminist theology, and religious pluralism.
MAJOR READINGS
Teresa of Avila, AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Bartolome de Las Casas, IN DEFENSE OF THE INDIANS
Martin Luthers, FREEDOM OF THE CHRISTIAN
John Calvin, INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISITAN RELIGION
Jonathan Edwards, RELIGIOUS
AFFECTIONS
Thomas Paine, THE AGE OF
REASON
Friedrich Schleiermacher, ON RELIGION: ADDRESSES IN RESPONSE TO ITS CULTURED CRITICS
Soren Kierkegaard, FEAR AND TREMBLING
Friedrich Nietzsche, THE GENEAOLOGY OF MORALS
Paul Tillich, THE COURAGE TO
BE
Howard Thurman, JESUS AND THE
DISINHERITED
Sallie McFague, "God as Mother"
James Morrow, TOWING JEHOVAH
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weely readings; mid-term and final exams; two shorter essays on readings.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RELI
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Cobb,Kelton A.
- Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: SCIE121;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 50)
- SR. major: 7 Jr. major: 7
- SR. non-major: 9 Jr. non-major: 9 SO: 9 FR: 9
Special Attributes:
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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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