RELG 317-s18
Modern Christian Thought (S18)
- Description
Course Description
Overview
The course is designed to introduce students to some major currents in Christian thought from the Reformation to the present. By focusing on the works of numerous leading theologians and religious thinkers, students will better understand the challenges and contributions of modern consciousness to the classic formulations of Christian thought. Attention will be paid to movements such as the Reformation, the Italian and Northern Renaissances, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Idealism, Darwinism, Existentialism, Systematic Theology, Liberation Theology, Black Theology, Feminist Theology, and Postmodern Theology.
Student Learning Outcomes and Course Goals
The successful student in RELG 317 will:
- Recognize
- the major themes of Christian theology
- Identify
- some of the connections between questions of theology and the wider world
- Gain experience and expertise
- in reading original texts of last 1,000 years
- Appreciate the difference
- between confessional study of Christian thought vs. academic study
- Identify some of the post-modern
- developments in Christian thought