Major Issues in the History of Christianity in India from 1st to 20thCenturies
M.Th. History of Christianity · Source syllabus with original formative learning enrichment
Course description
This course will basically deal with issues related to the development of Christianity in India from 1st to 20th centuries with particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. While evaluating the various historical developments, an Indian perspective should be applied so that Indian Christianity is understood within its own socio-political and religio-cultural context.
Course objectives
The aims and objectives of this course is to focus attention on the development of Christianity in India as part of the social, political, cultural and religious history of India. This course will study issues /problems which focus attention on contemporary concerns/challenges in the life and mission of the Christians in India.
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HC 2 Major Issues in the History of Christianity in India from 1st to 20thCenturies
Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — M.Th. History of Christianity
Area 2
HC-2 Major Issues in the History of Christianity in India from 1st to 20thCenturies
4 Credits
Scope
This course will basically deal with issues related to the development of Christianity in India from 1st to 20th centuries with particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. While evaluating the various historical developments, an Indian perspective should be applied so that Indian Christianity is understood within its own socio-political and religio-cultural context.
Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of this course is to focus attention on the development of Christianity in India as part of the social, political, cultural and religious history of India. This course will study issues /problems which focus attention on contemporary concerns/challenges in the life and mission of the Christians in India.
Course Outline
1. The St. Thomas Tradition of Christianity in India with Special References to Sources: A Subaltern Reading.
2. St. Thomas / Syrian Christians of Kerala up to the Ninth Century
3. St. Thomas/ Syrian Christians from the Ninth to the Sixteenth Centuries
4. Portuguese & St. Thomas Christians up to the Synod of Diamper (1599)
5. St. Thomas Christians and the Coonen Cross Oath (1653)
6. The Mission & Impact of St. Francis Xavier in India
7. Robert De Nobili and the Jesuit Madurai Mission
8. The Jesuit Mughal Mission in North India
9. Danish Colonialism & the Beginning of Protestant/Tranquebar Missions.
10. Changing Relationships between Christian Missions & the British
Government in the 19thCentury.
11. Christianity & the Bengal Renaissance.
12. Christian Involvement in Social, Medical and Educational Reforms in the 19 &20th Centuries.
13. Group/ People's Conversion Movements in 19th and 20th Centuries.
14. Christian Movement among the Tribal Peoples of India, with special
Reference to Chota Nagpur & North East India.
15. Women in Indian Christianity.
16. Roman Catholic Church during the 19th & 20th Centuries.
17. Indian Contributions to the Ecumenical Movement.
18. Christians and the Indian National Movement.
19. The Indian Church since the Independence.
20. Modern Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements.
21. Emergence of New Generation Churches.
Faculty review notes: The detailed title and scope end at the 20th century; the curriculum overview says 21st. The detailed source also labels its area 2, while the overview groups it under Area A. Both source versions remain visible for faculty confirmation. No evaluation percentages are supplied in this syllabus. AGBS must confirm grading; no scheme is inherited from another course. No separate bibliography is supplied. Faculty should add an approved reading list; no books or editions have been invented.
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