RELG 330 - History of Christianity
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 8 - Chapters 24-27
Reformation and Renewal (part 2)
AD 1500 - 1650
Module Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this Module, you will be able to :
- Describe and discuss the lives and teachings of some key people during the period AD 1500-1650. (CLO A)
- Describe and discuss some of the main movements during the period AD 1500-1650. (CLO B)
- Identify and discuss some of the major issues during the period AD 1500-1650. (CLO C)
- Describe and discuss some of the problems faced by the Christian community during the period AD 1500-1650. (CLOs A, C, D)
- Explain and discuss how the Christian community developed during the period AD 1500-1650. (CLO E)
- Evaluate and discuss the conditions facing the Christian community during the period AD 1500-1650. (CLO F)
Textbook Readings and Class Notes
- Chapter 24, Bibles in the Vernacular, pages 347-352
- Notes on Chapter 24
- Chapter 25, The Anabaptists, pages 353-360
- Notes on Chapter 25
- Chapter 26, The Catholic Reformation, the Quakers, pages 361-382
- Notes on Chapter 26
- Chapter 27, Christianity and Art, pages 383-387 - OPTIONAL - there will be no questions from this chapter on the test
- Timeline for AD 1400-1700
- A Brief History of the Bible
- A Brief History of Denominations
InterNet Resources for this Module (optional)
- InterNet Links for Module 8
- Useful articles can be found by using GoodSearch
- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it
Study Questions
Prepare an answer sheet for yourself, in which you make notes on these topics. Then you may use it, along with the textbook and the course notes, to answer the questions on the Test, and to formulate a thread for the Discussion Board.
- Translations of the Bible
- William Tyndale
- The Anabaptists
- Anabaptist Beliefs
- Menno Simons
- The first English Baptists
- John Bunyan
- The Roman Catholic Response to the Protestant Challenge
- Gasparo Contarini
- Papal attempts at Reform
- Pope Paul III and the Council of Trent
- Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits
- Jesuit Missions and Missionaries
- Francis Xavier
- The Inquisition
- The Spanish Mystics, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross
- The Edict of Nantes, and the Huguenots
- The Wars of Religion
- The Thirty-Years' War
- George Fox and the Quakers
Remember to cite your sources
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then use it to help you answer the Test and post your thread to the Discussion Board.
Discussion Board
Thread : Whom would you most like to have been :
William Tyndale, Menno Simons, John Bunyan, Gasparo Contarini, Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, or George Fox ?
Choose whom you would most like to have been, write an account of his/her life, and say why you chose him/her rather than any of the others.
Replies to 2 of your classmates' Threads :
If possible, choose Threads which deal with different people.
What are your thoughts about the people chosen, and their influence on the development of Christianity?
Test on this Module
Go to the Test Section of the course on Canvas, and take the test at least once before 12 noon of the Monday following the Module period. See the
Assignments Page for dates and times.
You will have 1 hour to complete the test.
You may take the test three times before the cut-off time.
Questions will vary each time you take the test.
Your highest score will count towards your course grade.
Remember to cite your sources if you use any other than the textbook
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