CH 151 · B.Th. English syllabus

Reformation

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Church history · CH 151

Reformation

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Course description

This course gives an understanding about the pre-reformers and the reformation. It enables the students to understand that how the Christianity developed through reformation period and enables them to know the current situation of Christianity in the world. This course evaluates the factors that accelerated the coming of the Reformation and identify the major principles of the Protestant Reformers.

Course objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

To know the basic issues in the Reformation of the Church, the state of the church before the Reformation, factors leading up to the Reformation.

You will be able to focus on leading Reformation figures like Martin Luther, Zwingli, John Calvin and John Knox among others, the factors that promoted the Reformation like the invention of the Press and the response of the Church to the Reformation

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UNIT I: Background for the ReformationUNIT II: Reformation Period (1517-1700)UNIT III: Reformers

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How can studying several Reformation traditions deepen conviction without caricaturing other Christians? Identify a claim that requires careful historical evidence.

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Produce a Reformation comparison brief

Compare two reformers and a Catholic reform response from the outline. Distinguish shared concerns, different proposals and historical circumstances using assigned readings.

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Which topic is explicitly included alongside Protestant reform?

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CH 151 Reformation

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — B.Th. English

AmaZing Grace Biblical Seminary Erumelikkara, Kumarapuram (PO), Aluva (via), Ernakulam (District), Kerala, India- Pin-683 565. Ph. 8547473926, 8281663926. CH 151: REFORMATION COURSE DESCRIPTION This course gives an understanding about the pre-reformers and the reformation. It enables the students to understand that how the Christianity developed through reformation period and enables them to know the current situation of Christianity in the world. This course evaluates the factors that accelerated the coming of the Reformation and identify the major principles of the Protestant Reformers. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, you should be able to: To know the basic issues in the Reformation of the Church, the state of the church before the Reformation, factors leading up to the Reformation. You will be able to focus on leading Reformation figures like Martin Luther, Zwingli, John Calvin and John Knox among others, the factors that promoted the Reformation like the invention of the Press and the response of the Church to the Reformation COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION Class Participation 5% Reading Report 20% Main Term Paper/Assignment 15% Final Examination 60% COURSE OUTLINE UNIT I: Background for the Reformation Protestantism and the Reformation Emergence of the Roman Catholic and the Rise of the Papacy Call for Reformation UNIT II: Reformation Period (1517-1700) Lutheran Reformation Reformation in Germany Reformation in Switzerland Reformation in Great Britain: England and Scotland Reformation in France The Counter Reformation UNIT III: Reformers Martin Luther John Calvin Ulrich Zwingli Anabaptist: Radical Reformers John Knox Society of Jesus: Francis Xavier and Ignatius Loyola BIBLIOGRAPHY Avis, Paul D. L. The Church in the Theology of the Reformers. Eugene, Or. : Wipf and Stock, 2002 Ganzer, K and Bruno, S. Dictionary of the Reformation. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 2002. González, Justo L. The Changing Shape of Church History. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, 2002. Lindberg, Carter. The European Reformations. 2nd. ed. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Matheson, Peter (ed.). Reformation Christianity. People's History of Christianity. Vol.5. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007. McKim, Donald K. The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. McKim, Donald K. The Cambridge Companion to Martin Luther. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Po-chia Hsia, R. A Companion to the Reformation World. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006. Scribner, R.W. and C. Scott Dixon. The German Reformation. 2nd ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 Stephen, T. A Short History of Christianity. Grand Rapids: William Eerdmans, 2005.

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