RELG 330 - History of Christianity
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 15 - Chapter 43
A New Millenium
AD 2000 onwards
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 at the start of the new Millennium. (CLO A)
- Describe and discuss some of the main movements at the start of the new Millennium. (CLO B)
- Identify and discuss some of the major issues at the start of the new Millennium. (CLO C)
- Describe and discuss some of the problems faced by the Christian community at the start of the new Millennium. (CLOs A, C, D)
- Explain and discuss how the Christian community is developing at the start of the new Millennium. (CLO E)
- Evaluate and discuss the conditions facing the Christian community at the start of the new Millennium. (CLO F)
Readings
- Introduction to the Epilogue, page 623
- Chapter 43, Present and Future, pages 625-642
InterNet Resources for this Module (optional)
- InterNet Links for Module 14
- 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- You may use Wikipedia to give a lead to other sources and material, but you should not use it as a main source - Do not quote from it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, to formulate a thread for the Discussion Board. There will be no test on this module.
- Factors influencing society in the 21st century
- Militant Islamic Fundamentalism
- Mass Migration and Refugees
- Current problems of Ethnic Diversity
- The situation in Communist countries
- The situation within Churches in the West
- Church and Society
- The Aftermath of Vatican II
- Third-World Churches, Latin America, and Liberation Theology
- Justice, Peace, and the Creation
Discussion Board
Thread - Imagine that, at some time in the future, you become a leader in your Church or Denomination, or the President of the World Council of Churches, or the Pope (Gals - you may envision a future in which there is a female Pope) :
What would you see as the most important task facing you, and what would you do about it?
Replies to 2 of your classmates' threads : - If possible, choose Threads which deal with different problems.
What are your thoughts about the problems and the suggested actions?
There is no Test on this Module
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