'I am with you always': Introducing the History of the Church (CH1003Y)

Content

This survey unit gives students a sense of the history of the Christian community since the time of the New Testament to today. It also introduces students to historical skills like textual criticism, material culture studies and historical research. It is a chance to meet the people and ideas that made Christianity what it is today.

Learning outcomes

Pedagogy

An interactive mode lecture, exploratory workshop, series of pre-prepared readings and online resources will be employed.

Indicative Bibliography

• Bettenson, Henry, and Chris Maunder, eds. Documents of the Christian Church. 3rd Ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1999 (or other editions)
• Brown, Peter. The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, AD 200-1000. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.
• Cameron, Euan. Interpreting Christian History: The Challenge of the Churches Past. Victoria: Blackwell, 2005.
• Cameron, Euan. The European Reformation. 2nd ed. Oxford: OUP, 2012
• Comby, Jean. How to Read Church History. 2 vols. New York: Crossroads, 1988.
• Gonzalez, Justo L. The Changing Shape of Church History. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2002.
• MacCulloch, Diarmaid. Christian History: An Introduction to the Western Tradition. London: SCM Press, 2012.
• McGrath, Alister. Christian History: An Introduction. Chichester: Blackwell, 2013.
• Muir, Elizabeth Gillan. A Women’s History of the Christian Church: Two Thousand Years of Female Leadership. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
  
• Schjørring, Jens Holger and Norman A. Hjelm (eds). The History of Global Christianity. Translated by David Orton. Leiden: Brill, 2018
• Threlfall-Holmes, Miranda. Essential History of Christianity. London: SPCK Publishing, 2012.
• Wallace, Peter G. The Long European Reformation. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2004

Assessment