Timetabling
Semester:
Second Semester
This unit examines the religious revolutions in sixteenth-century Europe. It explores the extraordinary development of European religious cultures, tracing the influence of Lutherans, Anglicans, Calvinists, and radical Protestants, as well as Catholic reforms and responses. The theologies and practices of these groups will be considered in relation to contemporary politics and popular culture. The unit begins with an examination of late medieval theology and piety and ends with the impact of reform in times and places beyond sixteenth-century Europe.
Description
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
demonstrate basic knowledge of the major theological issues of sixteenth-century reform movements
evaluate and interpret a range of early modern historical sources, including written, material and visual evidence
engage with historiographical debate on the causes, nature and extent of ‘Reformation’
identify the causes of division in the sixteenth-century western Church and their contemporary resonances in the life of Australian Christian communities
Prerequisites:
30 points of Foundational study in Christian Thought and History
Teaching Methods:
3 hours of lectures and seminars weekly for 12 weeks
Assessment:
1 x 2000 word weekly seminar journal (30%)
1 x 1000 document exercise (20%)
1 x 3000 word research essay (50%)
Mode of Teaching:
Semester
Bibliography:
* = set texts recommended for purchase
Cameron, Euan. The European Reformation . Oxford: Clarendon, 1991.
De Mollen, R. Religious Orders of the Catholic Reformation . New York: Fordham University Press, 1994.
Jones, M. D. W. The Counter-Reformation: Religion and Society in Early Modern Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
*Lindberg, Carter, ed. The European Reformations Sourcebook . Oxford: Blackwell,
2000.
Lindberg, Carter. The European Reformations . Oxford: Blackwell, 1996.
MacCulloch, Diarmaid. The Reformation . London: Penguin, 2003.
Matheson, Peter. The Imaginative World of the Reformation . Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000.
McGrath, Alister. Reformation Thought: An Introduction . Rev. ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999.
Ozment, S. Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution . New York: Image, 1993.
Po Chia Hsia, R. The World of Catholic Renewal . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Scribner, Robert. The Reformation in National Context . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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