Content

This unit develops the students’ historical methodology and research skills, building on fundamental learnings from the first survey (CH1001Y). Applying these skills, it surveys the history of the Church from the Renaissance to the present. Particular emphasis is given to the current historiography of the Long Reformation (14th to 18th Centuries) and its aftermaths, to the Enlightenment, colonialism, the Age of Revolutions, The great age of mission and the Religious developments of the 19th Century in church authority structures and ‘Social Christianity’, as a preface to interpreting twentieth century conflicts, reforms and renewal.

Unit code: CH2002Y

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Church History

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Yarra Theological Union

Show when this unit is running

Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate understanding of the dynamic meaning of church history

2.

Analyse critically both primary and secondary historical sources

3.

Assess and weigh the meaning and significance of selected historical evidence

4.

Integrate historiographical debates into historical anlysis

5.

Research and assemble evidence for a sustained historical argument on a selected event in early modern or modern church history

6.

Demonstrate the interrelationship between history and theology

Unit sequence

CH1001Y or equivalent

Pedagogy

Lecture, seminars, tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

  • Bettenson, Henry, and Chris Maunder, eds. Documents of the Christian Church. 3rd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1999 (or other editions)
  • Bireley, Robert. The Refashioning of Catholicism, 1450–1700. Washington, DC: CUA Press, 1999.
  • Burleigh, Michael. Earthly Powers: Religion and Politics from the Enlightenment to the Great War. London: Harper Collins, 2006.
  • Burleigh, Michael. Sacred Causes: The Clash of Religion and Politics from the Great War to the War on Terror. London: Harper Collins, 2006.
  • Cameron, Euan. The European Reformation. 2nd ed. Oxford: OUP, 2012.
  • Duffy, Eamonn. The Stripping of the Altars. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992.
  • Howell, Martha and Walter Prevenier. From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001.
  • Jenkins, Keith. Re-Thinking History. London: Routledge, 2002.
  • Lindberg, Carter. The European Reformations. 2nd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
  • Wallace, Peter G. The Long European Reformation. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2004.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Document Study

Document Study (1500 words)

1500 40.0
Essay

Essay (2500 words)

2500 60.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2021-10-04 11:35:24 +1100