RELG 330 - History of Christianity
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 13 - Chapters 37-38
A Century of Conflict (part 1)
AD 1914 - 2001
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 1914-2001. (CLO A)
- Describe and discuss some of the main movements during the period AD 1914-2001. (CLO B)
- Identify and discuss some of the major issues during the period AD 1914-2001. (CLO C)
- Describe and discuss some of the problems faced by the Christian community during the period AD 1914-2001. (CLOs A, C, D)
- Explain and discuss how the Christian community developed during the period AD 1914-2001. (CLO E)
- Evaluate and discuss the conditions facing the Christian community during the period AD 1914-2001. (CLO F)
Textbook Readings and Class Notes
- Introduction to Part 7, page 531
- Chapter 37, Nationalism, Communism, Individualism.
This chapter is very long and repetitive, and contains some material which is of lesser importance.
Read pages 531-544 ('Introduction' to 'The New Heathenism'), page 553 (Billy Graham), & page 559 (Martin Luther King)
Skip pages 544-552 ('The Communist Challenge' to 'Ideologies in Conflict'), pages 554-552 ('The Marxist Challenge' to 'Racial Tensions'), pages 554-558 ('Ideologies in Conflict' to 'Racial Tensions'), pages 560-564 ('Racial Tensions' to 'Christians, War, and Peace') - Notes on Chapter 37
- Timeline, AD 1914-2001, page 562
- Chapter 38, An Age of Anxiety.
This chapter is very long and repetitive, and contains some material which is of lesser importance.
Read pages 565-569 (Introduction to 'Immoral Society'), pages 574-576 ('A World Come of Age' to 'Dietrich Bonhoeffer'), & pages 589-591 ('The Holy Spirit and the Holy Trinity')
Skip pages 570-573 ('Jesus: History or Faith?' to 'An Obsessional Neurosis?'), pages 577-589 ('God and the Ultimate' to 'Speech-Act Theory') - Notes on Chapter 38
- Notes of Pentecostals and Charismatics
- Timeline AD 1900-2000
InterNet Resources for this Module (optional)
- InterNet Links for Module 13
- 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- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it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.
More details for the people mentioned can be found in the course notes and the InterNet resources.
- A Century of Conflict : 1914-2001
- Ideologies of the Twentieth Century
- WW I and its consequences
- Mussolini and the Roman Catholic Church
- Adolf Hitler
- Nazism
- The Shoah (the Holocaust)
- Karl Barth and the Barmen Declaration
- Martin Niemöller
- Christian concerns for the Jews
- WW II and its consequences
- Billy Graham
- Martin Luther King
- Albert Schweitzer
- Fundamentalism
- Reinhold Niebuhr
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- The Holy Spirit
- Pentecostalism
- The Renewal Movement
Discussion Board
Thread - Whom would you most like to have had as a mentor :
Karl Barth, Martin Niemöller, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, Albert Schweitzer, or Dietrich Bonhoeffer?
Choose whom you would most like to have had as a mentor, 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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