RELG 330 - History of Christianity
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 11 - Chapters 30-31
Cities and Empires (part 1)
AD 1789 - 1914
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 1789-1914. (CLO A)
- Describe and discuss some of the main movements during the period AD 1789-1914. (CLO B)
- Identify and discuss some of the major issues during the period AD 1789-1914. (CLO C)
- Describe and discuss some of the problems faced by the Christian community during the period AD 1789-1914. (CLOs A, C, D)
- Explain and discuss how the Christian community developed during the period AD 1789-1914. (CLO E)
- Evaluate and discuss the conditions facing the Christian community during the period AD 1789-1914. (CLO F)
Textbook Readings and Class Notes
- Introduction to Part 6, page 457
- Chapter 32, Europe in Revolt, pages 459-471
- Notes on Chapter 32
- Timeline, AD 1780-1910, page 472
- Chapter 33, The Industrial Revolution, pages 473-492
- Notes on Chapter 33
- Chapter 34, Revivalism in the USA, pages 493-498
- Notes on Chapter 34
- Timeline AD 1700-1914
- A Brief History of Denominations
InterNet Resources for this Module (optional)
- InterNet Links for Chapter 12
- Other 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- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it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.
- Factors leading to the French Revolution
- Consequences of the French Revolution
- Napoleon Bonaparte, relations with Pope Pius VII
- The Congress of Vienna, Europe after Napoleon
- Pope Pius IX and the First Vatican Council
- Otto von Bismarck
- France in the nineteenth century
- The Industrial Revolution in Britain
- The Salvation Army
- William Wilberforce, the 'Clapham Sect' and the Slave Trade
- The Oxford Movement
- The Tractarians (the Cambridge Movement)
- The Plymouth Brethren (Closed Brethren) and the Open Brethren
- Charles Spurgeon
- John Henry Newman
- The Evangelicals
- The Second Great Awakening
- D. L. Moody
- The American Civil War and its consequences
- Hymns and Church Music after 1800
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 :
Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius IX, William Booth, William Wilberforce, John Keble, John Henry Newman, Charles Spurgeon, or D.L.Moody?
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 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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