Early Christianity
This course examines the rise and development of Christianity, both in its social and intellectual dimensions, from the close of the apostolic era to the fifth century. While a variety of topics are covered, a central part of the narrative focuses on the debates which dominated the era.
Attention will be paid not just to the theological implications of these debates but also to their political, social, and economic context and ramifications.
This course also encourages students to engage critically with the past as a means of understanding and offering a critique of the present. Christianity is not rediscovered every Lord’s Day; it is shaped by its past; only as we come to grapple with that past can we really see the present in proper context.
This course examines the rise and development of Christianity, both in its social and intellectual dimensions, from the close of the apostolic era to the fifth century. While a variety of topics are covered, a central part of the narrative focuses on the debates which dominated the era.
Attention will be paid not just to the theological implications of these debates but also to their political, social, and economic context and ramifications.
This course also encourages students to engage critically with the past as a means of understanding and offering a critique of the present. Christianity is not rediscovered every Lord’s Day; it is shaped by its past; only as we come to grapple with that past can we really see the present in proper context.
This course examines the rise and development of Christianity, both in its social and intellectual dimensions, from the close of the apostolic era to the fifth century. While a variety of topics are covered, a central part of the narrative focuses on the debates which dominated the era.
Attention will be paid not just to the theological implications of these debates but also to their political, social, and economic context and ramifications.
This course also encourages students to engage critically with the past as a means of understanding and offering a critique of the present. Christianity is not rediscovered every Lord’s Day; it is shaped by its past; only as we come to grapple with that past can we really see the present in proper context.