Reformation Theology (CT9293B)

Content

This unit examines the major theological developments during, and emerging from, the Protestant Reformation. These are set within their broad historical and confessional contexts. It introduces students to the antecedents of Reformation Theology – late medieval Religion, Humanism and Scholasticism; to the Reformers and their major doctrinal themes; to the impact of Reformation thought upon historical and contemporary contexts.

Learning outcomes

Pedagogy

Lectures, seminars, tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

• Bagchi, David and David C. Steinmetz, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
• Bray, Gerald (ed.). Documents of the English Reformation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994.
• Dixon, C. Scott (ed.). The German Reformation. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999.
• George, Timothy. Theology of the Reformers. Revised edition. Nashville: B & H Academic, 2013.
• Haigh, Christopher (Ed.). The English Reformation Revised. Cambridge: University Press, 1987.
• Holder, R. Ward. Crisis and Renewal: The Era of the Reformations. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.
• Janz, Denis R. (ed.) A Reformation Reader. Second edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008.
• Lindberg, Carter, ed. The European Reformations Sourcebook. Oxford: Blackwell, 2014.
• McGrath, Alister E. Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution. New York: Harper One, 2007.
• McGrath, Alister E. Reformation Thought: An Introduction. Rev. ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. (recommended for purchase)
• Ozment, Steven. The Age of Reform 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe. Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1980.
• Payton, Jr. James A. Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting some Misunderstandings. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2010.

Assessment