RELG 330 - History of Christianity
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 9 - Chapter 28
Reason, Revival, and Revolution (part 1)
AD 1650 - 1789
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 1650-1789. (CLO A)
- Describe and discuss some of the main movements during the period AD 1650-1789. (CLO B)
- Identify and discuss some of the major issues during the period AD 1650-1789. (CLO C)
- Describe and discuss some of the problems faced by the Christian community during the period AD 1650-1789. (CLOs A, C, D)
- Explain and discuss how the Christian community developed during the period AD 1650-1789. (CLO E)
- Evaluate and discuss the conditions facing the Christian community during the period AD 1650-1789. (CLO F)
Textbook Readings and Class Notes
- Introduction to Part 5, page 389
- Chapter 28, Worldwide Missions, pages 391-409
- Notes on Chapter 28
- Timeline AD 1650-1775, page 410
- Timeline for AD 1400-1700
- A Brief History of Denominations
- Russia, AD 1250-1914
InterNet Resources for this Module (optional)
- InterNet Links for Module 9
- 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- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it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.
- European colonies world-wide
- The Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (the Propaganda)
- Alexander de Rhodes and the French 'Society of Foreign Missions'
- The Jesuits in China, the Rites Controversy
- Roman Catholic Missions to Asia
- Roman Catholic Missions to the Americas
- European Trading Companies and Protestant missionary work
- Protestant Missionary Societies
- Henry Martyn
- Dutch Missions to the East
- English Missions in North America
- The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG)
- Thomas Bray and the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge (SPCK)
- The first English Missions
- Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg and Heinrich Plütschau
- Danish-Halle missions to Asia
- Danish-Halle influence on missions to India
- Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians
- Protestant missionaries to the Native Americans
- Czar Peter the Great of Russia and the expansion of Christianity to the East
Discussion Board
Thread : Whom would you most like to have been :
Alexandre de Rhodes, Henry Martin, Thomas Bray, or Count Zinzendorf
?
Choose whom you would most like to have been, write an account of his life, and say why you chose him 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 the Church?
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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