Fall 2017 - HIST 288 D100

History of Christianity to 1500 (3)

Class Number: 2972

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Hilmar Pabel
    pabel@sfu.ca
    1 778 782-5816
    Office: AQ 6230

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A survey of the history of Christianity from its origins to 1500. Breadth-Humanities. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course traces the fundamental historical developments in Christian belief, institutions, and culture from the origins of the Christian religion to the end of the Middle Ages. Students begin with a survey of early Christianity—its Jewish legacy, Jesus and the Apostles, the shaping of Christian doctrine, and the Christianization of the West. The course continues with an overview of the basic structures of Christian authority and with an exploration of Christian culture and ritual.


Hist. 288 will prepare you for Hist. 320 (European Reformation), which you can take in the spring semester of 2018.  Hist. 288 is also a course prerequisite for Hist. 439 (Catholicism in Early Modern Europe), which is scheduled for the spring semester of 2019.

This course does not assume or require prior religious knowledge or affiliation.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

The lectures, tutorials, and work requirements of Hist. 288 will help you achieve the following goals:

- to identify the principal historical developments of Christianity before 1500

- to recognize and assess aspects of these developments in primary sources

- to analyze primary sources relevant to the history of Christianity in accordance with historical criteria

Grading

  • Participation 10%
  • Three Quizzes (19 September, 3 October, 17 October, 3 x 5%) 15%
  • Primary Source Analysis (700 words, due by 5 October) 10%
  • Essay #1 (1200-1500 words, due 26 October) 20%
  • Final Test (28 November) 20%
  • Essay #2 (1700-2000 words, due 30 November) 25%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Lives of Roman Christian Women, trans. and ed. Caroline White (Penguin, 2010), for purchase at SFU Bookstore.

RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict, trans. Timothy Fry (Liturgical Press, 1982), for purchase at SFU Bookstore.

The Book of Margery Kempe, trans. B. A. Windeatt (Penguin, 1994), for purchase at SFU Bookstore.

The Holy Bible (Old and New Testaments, unabridged, any English translation, except for the Good News Bible and paraphrases of the Bible).  Copies of the Bible are available in the Bennett Library and on the internet and for purchase through various outlets.

Primary sources available for free on the internet.

We will use Canvas in several ways for this course.  You can download a Canvas app for your devices.

Registrar Notes:

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