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Academic Year 2005/2006


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 Luther, FREEDOM OF THE CHRISTIAN
John Calvin, INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN 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 GENEALOGY 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

Weekly 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: 30)
SR. major: 4   Jr. major: 4
SR. non-major: 2   Jr. non-major: 3   SO: 10   FR: 7

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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006


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