RELG 330 - History of Christianity
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 12 - Chapters 35-36
Cities and Empires (part 2)
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
- Chapter 35, Christianity and Science, pages 499-506 - OPTIONAL - there will be no questions from this chapter on the test. For a positive view, you might read about Søren Kierkegaard (p.504-505) and the section on 'New Light on the Bible', (p.506)
- Chapter 36, 19th Century Missions, pages 507-529
- Notes on Chapter 36
- Timeline AD 1700-1914
- Notes on Missionaries
- A Brief History of Denominations
- Russia, AD 1250-1914
InterNet Resources for this Module (optional)
- InterNet Links for Module 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- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it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.
You will need to use the course notes to learn about some of these topics.
More details for the people mentioned can be found in the course notes and the InterNet resources.
- Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
- Immanuel Kant
- Attacks on the Bible
- Biblical Scholarship and the Text of the Bible
- Missionary Societies
- William Carey
- The London Missionary Society
- Bible Societies
- Missionary Societies in continental Europe
- The Church Missionary Society (CMS)
- The Cambridge Seven
- Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission
- The Abolition of the Slave Trade
- David Livingstone
- Missions and Education
- Samuel Ajayi Crowther
- Sierra Leone and Missions to Africa
- Henry Venn and the 'Three Selves Principle'
- Samuel Joseph Isaac Schereschewski
- James Hannington and Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe
Discussion Board
Thread - Whom would you most like to have been :
William Carey, Hudson Taylor, David Livingstone, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Henry Venn, Samuel Joseph Isaac Schereschewski, Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe?
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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