DESCRIPTION: This is a survey course that covers the development of Christian doctrines and the formation of various confessional groups in the Western theological tradition from the sixth through the sixteenth centuries. The class is conducted mainly in the Korean language for students whose native tongue is Korean.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course has several objectives that can assist our students in their Christian lives and ministries. First, the study of the Western theological tradition and the historic formation of the Protestant churches should enable students better understand their own doctrinal and confessional identities. Second, students can be more effective communicators with less prejudice toward or misconceptions about those who belong to the same confessional background as well as those who belong to different Christian traditions. In addition, the historical development of the Christian churches in various historical and cultural contexts should nurture a deeper perspective about the church's relation with human society, politics, culture, personalities, and how the church should function in different contexts.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: This course can assist students in forming their self-identity and confessional identity through knowledge of the historical development of the church and its doctrines. As students become conversant with the history and doctrines of the Western church, they can contribute to the current theological debates with deeper perspectives and to the life of Christian churches with wisdom gained through a knowledge and understanding of history.

COURSE FORMAT: The class will meet weekly for three-and-a-half hours for lectures and discussions.

REQUIRED READING:

Anderson, Charles S. Augsburg Historical Atlas of Christianity in the Middle Ages and Reformation. Augsburg, 1967. (Not available in Korean; required to consult the maps only.)

Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity. Vols. 1-2. Harper Collins, 1985. (Medieval and Reformation sections only.) (Korean trans. by Suh, Young Il; published by Eun Sung, 1995.)

Bettenson, Henry S., and Chris Maunder, eds. Documents of the Christian Church: selected and edited by Henry Bettenson. Oxford University Press, 1999. (Not available in Korean.)

OR Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. (Korean trans. by Won, Kwang Yon; published by Christian Digest, 2003.)

Bainton, Roland H. Age of the Reformation. Krieger, 1984. (Korean trans. by Suh, Young Il.)

_________. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. Abingdon, 1978. (Korean trans. by Lee, Jong Tae; published by Word of Life Press, 1996.)

Foxe, George. Foxe's Book of Martyrs. (Korean trans. by Um, Sung Ok; published by Eun Sung, 1992.)

Janz, Denis, ed. A Reformation Reader with CD-ROM. Fortress, 2002. (Not available in Korean.)

Tucker, Ruth, and Walter L. Liefeld. Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the Present. Academie/Zondervan, 1987. (Not available in Korean.)

Walton, Robert C. Chronological and Background Charts of Church History. Zondervan, 1986. (Korean trans. by Ko, Dok-Sang; published by Christian Literature Crusade, 1990.)