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Prolegomena |
OIH = Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity Web = World Wide Web |
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Introductory Material Week #1: May 20 |
Overview of Course Miracles and history Scriptures Jewish Crucible |
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History of Christianity |
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Christian Origins Week #2: May 27 |
Who was Jesus? Orthodoxy and heresy Issues in earliest Christianity Martyrdom |
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The Roman period until the birth of Islam Week #3: June 3 |
More orthodoxy and heresy The legalization of Christianity The great councils Augustine Asceticism and monasticism |
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Early medieval period Week #4: June 10 |
Church and state Islam and the Crusades Scholasticism Popular piety The Y1K problem |
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Late medieval and reformation Week #5: June 17 |
Heresy reborn Renaissance Reformation Counter-reformation |
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Enlightenment and growth Week #6: June 24 |
Mid-term exam Alchemy, Hermeticism, Cabala Rationalism Witchcraft and witch trials |
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Recent European and Anglo-American Week #7: July 1 |
From Unitarians to Mormons Anglo-Catholicism Revivals Social gospel movement Fundamentalism Pentecostals and Charismatics |
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Recent Latin American, African, Asian Week #8: July 8 |
Missionary movements Respective flavors of Latin American, African and Asian expressions Composite expressions (Santería, etc.) |
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Eastern Orthodoxy Week #9: July 15 |
East-West split History of Eastern Orthodoxy Doctrine and practice Reconciliation movements |
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Contemporary Issues |
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Christian doctrines and modern issues Week #10: July 22 |
Traditional Christian Theology Dividing issues among modern groups "Modern Theology" Christianity and science Issues in contemporary morality |
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Gender issues Week #11: July 29 |
Gender and theology Women's roles in traditional Christianity Modern reform movements |
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Last Things |
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Presentations and last quiz Week #12: August 5 |
Presentations of research papers Final Exam |
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