Required Course Textbooks and Readings:
Justo González, The Story of Christianity, Volume I: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. Revised and Updated Edition. New York: Harper-One, 2010. [ISBN: 978-0-06-185-588-7].
Justo González, Church History: An Essential Guide. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. [ISBN: 978-0-687-01611-2].
Justo González, The Story of Christianity, Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day. Revised and Updated Edition. New York: Harper-One, 2010. [ISBN: 978-0-06-185-558-94].
Additional required readings, from primary and secondary sources, will be made available to students under the "Files" tab.
Suggested Additional Reading: (Optional texts; Not required to purchase)
Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Third Edition. William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003.
Kevin Madigan, Medieval Christianity: A New History . Yale University Press, 2015.
Carlos Eire, Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650. Yale University Press, 2016.
Glen S. Sunshine, A Brief Introduction to the Reformation. Westminster John Knox Press, 2017.
George E. Tinker, Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide. Fortress Press, 1993.
Assignments and Evaluation:
This course has two main categories of assignments, which will be evaluated in different ways:
Together, these categories total 100 points, so a point missed on any assignment equals a point off the final grade. For example, missing a week of posts will result in four lost points, lowing the maximum course grade from 100 to 96. Likewise, a grade of 24 out of 34 on one of the exams will result in lowering the maximum course grade by ten points.
Policies:
Date | Day | Details | |
Jan 08, 2019 | Tue | Week One: Introduction to the Course, Historical Periodization, and Terms | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 08, 2019 | Tue | Say hello! | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 09, 2019 | Wed | Week One: TimeMapper Entries | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 11, 2019 | Fri | Week One: Primary Text | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 12, 2019 | Sat | Week One: Further Reading | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 15, 2019 | Tue | Week Two: Case Study 1 (Christianities in the Fourth Century), part 1 | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 16, 2019 | Wed | Week Two: TimeMapper Entries | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 18, 2019 | Fri | Week Two: Primary Texts | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 19, 2019 | Sat | Week Two: Further Reading | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 22, 2019 | Tue | Week Three: Case Study 1 (Christianities in the Fourth Century), part 2 | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 23, 2019 | Wed | Week Three: TimeMapper Entries | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 25, 2019 | Fri | Week Three: Primary Text | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 26, 2019 | Sat | Week Three: Further Reading | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 29, 2019 | Tue | Week Four: Christianities of the Medieval Mediterranean | due by 06:59AM |
Jan 30, 2019 | Wed | Week Four: TimeMapper Entries | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 01, 2019 | Fri | Week Four: Primary Text | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 02, 2019 | Sat | Week Four: Further Reading | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 08, 2019 | Fri | Weeks Five and Six: Case Study 2 (The Franciscans and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy) | due by 07:59PM |
Feb 19, 2019 | Tue | Week Seven: Christianities of the Reformation and Early Modern Period | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 19, 2019 | Tue | Midterm Essay | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 20, 2019 | Wed | Week Seven: TimeMapper Entries | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 22, 2019 | Fri | Week Seven: Primary Text | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 23, 2019 | Sat | Week Seven: Further Reading | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 26, 2019 | Tue | Week Eight: Case Study 3 (The Lutheran Reformation) | due by 06:59AM |
Feb 27, 2019 | Wed | Week Eight: TimeMapper Entries | due by 06:59AM |
Mar 01, 2019 | Fri | Week Eight: Primary Text | due by 06:59AM |
Mar 02, 2019 | Sat | Week Eight: Further Reading | due by 06:59AM |
Mar 05, 2019 | Tue | Week Nine: Christianities in the Modern World | due by 06:59AM |
Mar 06, 2019 | Wed | Week Nine: TimeMapper Entries | due by 06:59AM |
Mar 08, 2019 | Fri | Week Nine: Primary Text | due by 06:59AM |
Mar 09, 2019 | Sat | Week Nine: Further Reading | due by 06:59AM |
Mar 12, 2019 | Tue | Week Ten: Case Study 4 (Global and Contextual Christianities in Postmodernity) | due by 05:59AM |
Mar 13, 2019 | Wed | Week Ten: TimeMapper Entries | due by 05:59AM |
Mar 15, 2019 | Fri | Week Ten: Primary Text | due by 05:59AM |
Mar 16, 2019 | Sat | Week Ten: Further Reading | due by 05:59AM |
Mar 18, 2019 | Mon | Final Essays | due by 05:59AM |