Fall 2019/Fuller Online

CH504

Carter

CH504: THE MODERN CHURCH IN A GLOBAL HISTORICAL CONTEXT (4 Units: 160 hours). Grayson Carter.

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DESCRIPTION: This course introduces the most important themes and events in the life of the church around the world from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Beginning with the post-Reformation period, students will examine the growth and contributions of the church in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and Australia/Oceana. Attention will be given to some of the more important historical, theological, and cultural developments that have shaped (or been shaped by) specific regional and global historical contexts.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete the course will demonstrate ability to (1) identify and explain principal theological developments and historical events and personalities that have shaped the modern church; (2) think critically about historical texts and arguments, placing them in context; (3) interpret their own ecclesiastical tradition and other traditions with critical awareness and reflection; (4) critically assess their religious and cultural assumptions by examining the complexity and diversity of modem Christian history; (5) gain an appreciation for the multiplicity of ways in which the Christian faith is experienced and expressed in various parts of the world.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: CH504 introduces students to a basic historical knowledge of the church in its diverse global expressions of theology and practice, particularly as that diversity has been manifested over the course of the last three centuries, with an eye to developing skills in interpretation and critical appreciation; it thereby seeks to implement the SOT PLO, “Students will have demonstrated capacities for historically informed theological and ethical reflection.”

COURSE FORMAT: This course will be conducted online on a ten-week schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar for a total of 40 instructional hours, which will be outlined in the Assignments and Assessment section below. Students are required to interact with the material, with each other, and with the instructor regularly through online discussions, reading, and other assignments that promote active learning.

REQUIRED READING: (Minimum of 1,200 pages, excluding handouts)

Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0199767465, Pub. Price $17.95. Available as an eBook form the Fuller library. [368 pp.].

Miller, Glen. The Modern Church: The Dawn of the Reformation to the Eve of the Third Millennium. Abingdon, 1997. ISBN: 978-0687006052, Pub. Price $28.99 [308 pp.].

Noll, Mark. The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. InterVarsity Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0830839933, Pub. Price $22.00. Available as an eBook form the Fuller library. [212 pp.].

Course Handouts (online).

Students will also choose one (or more) volume(s) from below covering the special geographical area they have selected (either Africa, Asia, Europe, or Latin America). (Note: additional/alternative volumes may be approved by the Instructor upon request):

Africa:

Ela, Jean Marc. My Faith as an African. Wipf & Stock, 2009. ISBN: 978-1606086230, Pub. Price $25.00 [208 pp.].

Gifford, Paul. African Christianity: Its Public Role. Indiana, 1998. ISBN: 978-0253212047, Pub. Price $26.00 [384 pp.].

Hanciles, Jehu. Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration and the Transformation of the West. Orbis, 2009. ISBN: 978-1570757907, Pub. Price $42.00 [430 pp.].

Hastings, Adrian. The Church in Africa, 1450-1950. Oxford, 1996. ISBN: 978-0198263999, Pub. Price $195.00 [720 pp.].

Isichei, Elizabeth. A History of Christianity in Africa: From Antiquity to Present. Eerdmans, 1995. ISBN: 978-0802808431, Pub. Price $38.00 [432 pp.].

Omenyo, Cephas N. “African Pentecostalism,” in The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism, ed. by Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. and Amos Young. Cambridge, 2014. ISBN: 978-0521188388, Pub. Price $31.99 [20 pp.].

Pobee, John, and Gabriel Ositelu. African Initiatives in Christianity: The Growth, Gifts and Diversities of Indigenous African Churches—A Challenge to the Ecumenical Movement. WCC Publications, 1998. ISBN: 978-2825412770, ***OUT OF PRINT [73 pp.].

Sanneh, Lamin. West African Christianity: The Religious Impact. Orbis, 1996. ISBN: 978-0883447031, Pub. Price $30.00 [286 pp.].

Burton, Keith. The Blessings of Africa: The Bible and African Christianity. IVP Academic, 2007. ISBN: 978-0830827626, Pub. Price $25.00.[120 pp.].

Oden, Thomas. How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity. InterVarsity Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0830837052, Pub. Price $22.00. Available as an ebook from the Fuller Library [204 pp.].

Asia:

Aikman, David. Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power. Regnery, 2006. ISBN: 978-1596980259, Pub. Price $16.99 [418 pp.].

Bays, Daniel H., ed. Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Stanford, 1999. ISBN: 978-0804736510, Pub. Price $36.95 [508 pp.].

Bays, Daniel H. A New History of Christianity in China. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN: 978-1405159555, Pub. Price $44.95 [256 pp.].

Clark, Donald. Living Dangerously in Korea: The Western Experience, 1900-1950. Eastbridge, 2003. ISBN: 978-1891936111, Pub. Price $29.95 [455 pp.].

Covell, Ralph. The Liberating Gospel in China: The Christian Faith among China’s Minority Peoples. Baker, 1995. ISBN: 978-0801025952, ***OUT OF PRINT [318 pp.].

Fernando, Leonard, and G. Gispert-Sauch. Christianity in India: Two Thousand Years of Faith. Penguin, 2004. ISBN: 978-0670057696, ***OUT OF PRINT [336 pp.].

Hunter, Alan, and Kim-Kwong Chan. Protestantism in Contemporary China. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN: 978-0521046916, Pub. Price $72.99 [316 pp.].

Kang, Wi Jo. Christ and Caesar in Modern Korea: A History of Christianity and Politics. SUNY, 1997. ISBN: 978-0791432488, Pub. Price $31.95 [214 pp.].

Lambert, Tony. The Resurrection of the Chinese Church. OMF/Harold Shaw, 1994. ISBN: 978-0877887287, ***OUT OF PRINT [353 pp.].

Ma, Wonsuk. “Asian Pentecostalism in Context: A Challenging Portrait,” in The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism, ed. by Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. and Amos Young. Cambridge, 2014. ISBN: 978-0521188388. Pub. Price $31.99 [20 pp.].

Moffett, Samuel. A History of Christianity in Asia: Beginnings to 1500. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1998. ISBN: 978-1570751622, Pub. Price $45.00 [560 pp.].

Moffett, Samuel. A History of Christianity in Asia: 1500-1900. Orbis, 2005. ISBN: 978-1570757013, Pub. Price $53.00 [742 pp.].

Poon, Michael Nai-Chiu. Christian Movements in Southeast Asia: A Theological Exploration. Armour, 2010. ISBN: 978-9814305150. Pub. Price $20.00 [184 pp.].

Xin, Yalin Xin. Inside China’s House Church Network. Asbury, 2009. ISBN: 978-0981958224. Pub. Price $42.50 [214 pp.].

Europe:

Atkin, Nicholas and Frank Tallet, eds. Religion, Society, and Politics in France since 1789. Bloomsbury Academic, 2003. ISBN: 978-1852850579. Pub. Price $120.00 [242 pp.]

Bennette, Rebecca Ayako. Fighting for the Soul of Germany: The Catholic Struggle for Inclusion after Unification. Harvard, 2012. ISBN: 978-0674065635. Pub. Price $55.50 [380 pp.].

Drummond, Andrew. German Protestantism since Luther. Wipf & Stock, 2015. ISBN: 978-1498207553. Pub. Price $34.00 [292 pp.].

Erb, Peter C., ed. The Pietists. Selected Writings. Paulist, 1983. ISBN: 978-0809125098. Pub. Price $27.95 [368 pp.].

Latourette, Kenneth Scott. Christianity in a Revolutionary Age: A History of Christianity in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 5 vols. Zondervan, 1969. ***OUT OF PRINT. [498-568 pp.].

Moorman, J. R. H. A History of the Church of England, 3rd ed. Morehouse, 1980. ISBN: 978-0819214065. Pub. Price $35.00 [512 pp.].

Norman, Edward. Church and Society in England 1770-1970: A Historical Study. Oxford, 1976. ISBN: 978-0198264354. ***OUT OF PRINT. [516 pp.]

Phillips, C. S. The Church in France, 1789–1848: A Study in Revival. Mowbray, 1929. ***OUT OF PRINT. [315 pp.].

Picton, Hervé. A Short History of the Church of England: From the Reformation to the Present Day. Cambridge, 2015. ISBN: 978-1443871761. Pub. Price $71.95 [180 pp.].

Plüss, Jean-Daniel. “Pentecostalism in Europe and the Former Soviet Union,” in The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism, ed. by Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. and Amos Young. Cambridge, 2014. ISBN: 978-0521188388. Pub. Price $31.99 [19 pp.].

Ravitch, Norman. The Catholic Church and the French Nation, 1589–1989. Routledge, 1990. ISBN: 978-0415001700. ***OUT OF PRINT. [240 pp.].

Smith, Helmut Walser, ed. Protestants, Catholics and Jews in Germany, 1800-1914. Bloomsbury, 2001. ISBN: 978-1859735657. Pub. Price $37.95 [224 pp.].

Treasure, Geoffrey. The Huguenots. Yale, 2014. ISBN: 978-0300208665. Pub. Price $27.50 [488 pp.].

Latin America:

Cook, Guillermo, ed. New Face of the Church in Latin America: Between Tradition and Change. Orbis, 1994. ISBN: 978-0883449370, ***OUT OF PRINT [289 pp].

Dussel, Enrique, ed. The Church in Latin America, 1492-1992. Burns & Oats, 1992. ISBN: 978-0860121800, ***OUT OF PRINT [400 pp.].

González, Ondina, and Justo González. Christianity in Latin America: A History. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN: 978-0521681926, Pub. Price $31.99 [344 pp.].

Goodpasture, H. McKennie. Cross and Sword. Wipf & Stock, 2000. ISBN: 978-1579104467, Pub. Price $34.00 [336 pp.].

Gutiérez, Benjamin, and Dennis Smith, eds. In the Power of the Spirit: The Pentecostal Challenge to Historic Churches in Latin America. CELEP, 1996. ISBN: 978-1879535138, ***OUT OF PRINT. [246 pp.].

Martin, David. Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America. Blackwell, 1993. ISBN: 978-0631189145, Pub. Price $55.95 [366 pp.].

Ramirez, Daniel. “Pentecostalism in Latin America,” in The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism, ed. by Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. and Amos Young. Cambridge, 2014. ISBN: 978-0521188388. Pub. Price $31.99 [20 pp.].

RECOMMENDED READING:

Koschorke, K. Ludwig F., Delgado, M. and Spliesgart, R. eds. A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook. Eerdmans, 2007. ISBN: 978-0802828897, Pub. Price $41.00 [416 pp.].

Gonzalez, Justo L. A History of Christian Thought: From the Protestant Reformation to the Twentieth Century. Abingdon, 2014. ISBN: 978-1426757778. Pub. Price $49.99 [368 pp].

Livingstone, E. A. ed. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised ed. Oxford, 2005. ISBN: 978-0192802903. Pub Price $215.00 [1840 pp.].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. Required reading, viewing/listening to 10 weekly PowerPoint lectures, regular forum participation including active online response (40% of final grade). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 3, 4, and 5]. [80 hours of reading, plus 40 instructional hours = 120 hours total]
2. Signature Assignment: Students will write a 10-page research paper covering some aspect of church history during the modern period, drawn from the student’s specialized geographical area (either Africa, Asia, Europe, or Latin America). (30% of final grade) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [30 hours].
3. Final examination (30% of final grade). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [10 hours].
4. Extra Credit Research Paper (10% maximum added credit).

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the TH3 or TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv Program and the 80 MAT Programs (Fall 2015). Option to meet the TH3 requirement in the 80 MATM Program (Fall 2015). Core requirement in the 80 MAICS Program (Fall 2015). Meets CHC in the 144 MDiv Program.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.