Unit name | Early and Premodern Christianity |
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Unit code | THRS20100 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Mr. Ferzoco |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
An examination of major developments in Christian theology and history from the early Church to 1500. Topics covered include the developments of theology in the early Church; the Age of Constantine and the spread of Christianity; Christian, Jewish and Muslim relations in the Middle Ages; scholastic and monastic thought; saints, heresy and orthodoxy, and popular devotion.
Students will practise their oral presentation skills by giving a 10-minute individual or 15-minute group presentation.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1 x two-hour lecture and 1 x one-hour seminar weekly
One 1000-word summative annotated bibliography (20%) [ILOs 3, 4].
One 3000-word summative word essay (80%) [ILOs 1–4].
Peter Brown, The Cult of the Saints: its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity (London: SCM Press, 1981).
The Cambridge companion to religious studies [electronic resource] / edited by Robert A. Orsi (2012)
The Cambridge companion to the age of Constantine [electronic resource]. Edited by Noel Lenski (2007)
E. G. Hinson, The Early Church: Origins to the Dawn of the Middle Ages (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997)
J. McManners (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity (Oxford, 1992)
Miri Rubin, ed., Medieval Christianity in practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.