CH004-506 - Overview of Christianity through History B (post 1550)

  • 1,392 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 6
    Credit Points
  • 0.0625 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • Category foundational unit
    A
  • church historyUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code CH341b. Unit exclusions: CH002-512, CH002-712

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Foundational knowledge and understanding of an overview of the history of Christianity.

B. Be able to

1. Trace major events in the history of Christianity from 1550

2. Outline the contribution of some key people to the development of Christianity from 1550

3. Draw on selected primary and secondary sources to formulate historical viewpoints on the period from 1550

4. Present Organised evidence-based perspectives on the history of Christianity from 1550

C. Be in a position to

1. Relating perspectives from ‘Overview of Christianity through History B (post-1550)’ to inform ministry contexts

Content

There are many ways that an overview unit in Christianity through History could be approached. The content below aims to provide lecturers with flexibility whilst retaining a structure consistent with the aims of the unit.

Students must study at least 12 topics. Including:

  • The Reformation in England and/or Scotland
  • Puritanism in England and/or Scotland
  • The Enlightenment and Christianity
  • Pietism and Revival
  • Christianity and Social Engagement (This may include areas such as the abolition of slavery, the Salvation Army, Women in the Church)
  • The Birth of Modern Missions
  • The Development of Christian Liberalism
  • Fundamentalism
  • The History of Pentecostalism

And at least three of the following:

  • Christian Missions in a particular non-Western country or region (the specific location to be decided by the lecturer)
  • The Rise of Sects in 19th Century America
  • The Ecumenical Movement
  • The Church in Totalitarian Regimes: Either Germany (1931-1950) or the Soviet Union (1917-1990)
  • Evangelicalism after WWII
  • The Church in Australia
  • The Development of Denominations
  • Outline of the History of a particular Denomination (denomination to be chosen by the lecturer)

Set Readings

Standard:

Anderson, Allan. An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Atherstone, Andrew. Reformation: A World in Turmoil. Oxford, UK.: Lion Hudson, 2015.

Bays, Daniel H. A New History of Christianity in China. Blackwell Guides to Global Christianity. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Ericksen, Robert P., and Susannah Heschel, eds. Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1999.

Gariepy, Henry, and Shaw Clifton. Christianity in Action: The History of the International Salvation Army. Grand Rapids, MI.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009.

Jackson, H. R. Australians and the Christian God: An Historical Study. Preston, Vic.: Mosaic Press, 2013.

Jenkins, Philip. The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South. Oxford University Press, 2006.

Klauber, Martin I., and Scott M. Manetsch, eds. The Great Commission: Evangelicals and the History of World Missions. Nashville, TN.: B&H Publishing, 2008.

Marsden, George M. Fundamentalism and American Culture. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Marshall, Peter. Reformation England: 1480-1642. Second. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.

Nichols, Stephen J. J. Gresham Machen: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought. Phillipsburg, N.J: P & R Press, 2004.

———. Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought. Phillipsburg, N.J: P & R Publishing, 2001.

Noll, Mark A. The Old Religion in a New World: The History of North American Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans, 2002.

———. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity. Third. Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Academic, 2012.

Olson, Roger E. The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction. Downers Grove, IL.: Inter-Varsity Press, 2013.

———. The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform. Leicester: Apollos, 1999.

Pearse, Meic. The Age of Reason: From the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, 1570-1789. Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Books, 2006.

Piggin, Stuart. Spirit, Word and World: Evangelical Christianity in Australia. Revised Edition. Brunswick East, Vic.: Acorn Press, 2012.

Sweeney, Douglas A. The American Evangelical Story: A History of the Movement. Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Academic, 2005.

Synan, Vinson. The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1997.

Tomkins, Stephen. The Clapham Sect: How Wilberforce’s Circle Transformed Britain. Oxford: Lion Hudson, 2010.

Wolffe, John. The Expansion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers and Finney. Vol. 2. A History of Evangelicalism. Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2006.

Woodbridge, John, and Frank A. James III. Church History, Volume Two: From Pre-Reformation to the Present Day: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context. Zondervan, 2013.

Yates, T. E. The Expansion of Christianity. Lion Histories. Oxford: Lion, 2004.