CH006-712 - The Reformation

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category foundational unit
    A
  • church historyUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code CH506. Unit exclusions: CH008-612, CH008-712, CH008-812, CH010-612, CH010-712, CH010-812

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of The Reformation.

B. Be able to

1. Explain the major phases and developments of the Reformation in their political and social contexts

2. Evaluate the contribution of selected people to the Reformation

3. Synthesise data from selected primary and secondary sources to formulate Critical historical viewpoints on of the Reformation

4. Present Critical evidence-based perspectives on the Reformation

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying perspectives from the of ‘The Reformation’ to inform ministry practice as a reflective practitioner

Content

  1. Christian history and theology from the high Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
  2. The causes and pre-cursors of the Reformation.
  3. Martin Luther & the German Reformation
  4. Huldrych Zwingli & the Swiss Reformation.
  5.  The Anabaptists & the “Radical” Reformation
  6. John Calvin
  7. English Christianity under Henry VIII, Edward VI & Mary I, including the contribution of Cranmer.
  8. The Elizabethan Settlement, Puritanism.
  9. The Reformation in Scotland.
  10. The Counter-Reformation / Catholic Reformation, the Council of Trent & the Jesuits.
  11. The Reformation beyond Germany, Switzerland and Britain.
  12. Later-Reformation developments in Protestantism, to c. 1662.

Set Readings

Recommended:

Brady, T. A. Jr. German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400-1650. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Cameron, E. The European Reformation, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Coffey, J. and P. C. H. Lim. The Cambridge Companion to Puritanism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Donaldson, G. The Scottish Reformation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 

Gordon, B. and E. Campi. eds. Architect of Reformation: An Introduction to Heinrich Bullinger. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004. 

Heal, F. The Reformation in Britain & Ireland. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Hillerbrand, H. H. The Division of Christendom: Christianity in the Sixteenth Century. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.

Ives, Eric. The Reformation Experience: Life in a Time of Change. Oxford: Lion Hudson, 2012.

Kyle, R. G. & Johnson, D. W. John Knox: An Introduction to His Life & Works. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009.

MacCulloch, Diarmaid. The Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603. 2nd ed. British history in perspective. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: Palgrave, 2001.

Marshall, Peter. Reformation England, 1480-1642. 2nd ed. Reading history. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012

Nieuwenhove, R. van. An Introduction to Medieval Theology. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Null, A. Thomas Cranmer's Doctrine of Repentance: Renewing the Power to Love. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Payton, J. R. Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings. Downer’s Grove, Il.: IVP, 2010.

Selderhuis, H. J. ed. The Calvin Handbook. English edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.

Shagan, Ethan H. Popular Politics and the English Reformation. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British history. Cambridge / New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

 

Standard Works & Classics:

Bagchi, D and D. C. Steinmetz, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Birely, R. The Refashioning of Catholicism, 1450-1700: A Reassessment of the Counter-Reformation. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1999.

Brecht, M. Martin Luther (3 vols). Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1981, 1990, 1993.

Helm, P. John Calvin’s Ideas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Lake, P. Moderate Puritans & the Elizabethan Church. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 

MacCulloch, D. Thomas Cranmer. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.

MacCulloch, D. Reformation: Europe’s House Divided. London: Allen Lane / Penguin, 2003.

McKim, D. K. ed. The Cambridge Companion to Martin Luther. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

McKim, D. K., ed. The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Oberman, H. A. Luther: Man Between God & the Devil. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989.

Ozment, S. Reformation Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.

Stephens, W.P. Zwingli: An Introduction to His Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. 

Williams, G. H. The Radical Reformation. 3rd edition. Ann Arbor, MI: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1992.