HUMN121 Christianity
Department of Social & Behavioral Science: Humanities
- I. Course Number and Title
- HUMN121 Christianity
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- HUMN120 (C or better) or Permission of the Department of Social and Behavioral Science
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- None
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course is a survey of Christianity from its origins to the present stressing its history, teachings, and institutions. Major topics include the Life of Jesus, Early Church, Catholicism, Protestant Reformation, the Church in the Modern Age, and the overall political and intellectual influence of Christianity on human history.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- demonstrate an understanding of Christian theology, history and institutional development;
- demonstrate an understanding of Christianity's political and intellectual influence on human history; and
- identify the various strains of Christianity and their unique theological, philosophical, institutional, and cultural aspects.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Jesus of Nazareth
- World of the First Century
- Political Divisions
- Situation in Galilee
- New Testament Witness to Jesus
- Life
- Youth
- Baptism and Temptation
- Galilean Ministry
- Opposition
- The Last Week
- Resurrection
- Ascension
- Teachings
- Kingdom of God
- Messiah--Son of Man
- Eschatology
- Ethics
- Early Church to c. A.D. 150
- Pentecost
- Jerusalem's Leadership
- St. Paul, The Apostle of Christ
- Life
- Teachings
- Evangelization of the Roman Empire
- First Generation of Christians
- Communities
- Persecutions
- Doctrinal Development
- Form of Worship
- Church Organization
- Catholic Church c. A.D. 150-1500
- Triumph in the Roman Empire
- St. Augustine
- Doctrinal controversies
- Gnostics
- Marcionites
- Arians
- Christology
- Response of the Church
- Creeds
- Apostles
- Nicene
- Chalcedon
- New Testament Canon
- Growth of the Papacy
- Origin
- Formative Development
- Its Zenith
- 14th-15th c. Decline
- Monasticism
- Beginnings in the Roman Empire
- Development of Orders
- Dominicans and Franciscans
- Mysticism
- Cathedrals
- Mass
- Organization
- Scholasticism
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Schism of A.D. 1054
- Eastern Church
- Situation
- Reformation Era, c. A.D. 1500-1650
- Under Currents of Reform
- Protestantism
- Lutheranism
- Calvinism
- John Calvin
- Reformed Church on the Continent
- Scottish Reform
- Westminster Confession
- Anabaptists
- Eastern Europe
- Catholicism
- Council of Trent
- Inquisition
- Jesuit Order
- A.D. 1650-Present
- Catholicism
- Dogmas
- Missions
- Education
- Vatican II
- Liberal-Conservative Debate
- Third Way
- Anglicans
- Quakers
- Cults
- Modern Church
- Protestantism
- Some varieties
- Reformed
- Puritans
- Baptists
- Methodists
- Pentecostalists
- Unitarians
- Emphases
- Missions
- Sunday School Movement
- Education
- Liberal-Conservative Debate
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Student assessment consists of in-class exams, electronically-administered exams, essays, written assignments, multi-media projects, and/or participation in classroom/online discussions. -
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - (Retyped 6/95);Revised 9/2012; New Core 8/2015