Summer 2005/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: August 1-12
CH504
Ahn

CH504: MODERN CHURCH HISTORY (Taught in Korean). Katherine H. Lee Ahn.


DESCRIPTION:

This course surveys the history of Christianity around the world from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Additional attention will be given to the transitional process of Christianity moving from a western to a world religion and major themes and events that dominated the process. The class is conducted mainly in the Korean language for students whose native tongue is Korean.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
The course should help students gain a better understanding of contemporary churches around the world and develop sensitivity toward different cultural and social contexts in which Christian churches have been formed and are operating.

COURSE FORMAT:
The class will meet daily for two weeks for four-hour sessions. The Korean language will be used for all lectures, discussions, and assignments.

REQUIRED READING (all available in Korean):
Dupré, Louis & Don E. Sailers. Christian Spirituality: Post Reformation and Modern. Crossroad, 1991. (Translated into three separate volumes; volume 3 of the translation only; translated by Sung Oak Um & In Sung Ji; published by Eunsung, 2001.)

Shelley, Bruce L. Church History in Plain Language. Word, 1982. (Translated by Hee Suk Park; published by Christian Digest, 2000; updated 2nd ed. (in English), Thomas Nelson.)

Kim, Sang Kun. Korean Title (Christian History that Changed World History). Seoul: Pyung Dan Mun Wha Sa, 2004.

SUPPLEMENTAL READING (choose one for book review):

Available in Korean:

Chou, Chai-Yong & David Kwang-Sun Suh, eds. Korean Title (History and Theology). Seoul: Korea Theological Study Institute, 1986.

Berghoef, Gerard & Lester DeKoster. Liberation Theology. Grand Rapids: Christian Library Press, 1984. (Translated by Kim Jichan; published by Word of Life Press, 1987.)

Chu, Jae Yong, ed. and trans. Korean Title (Asian Context and Theology). Seoul: The Christian Literature Society, 1987.

Cone, James H. God of the Oppressed. 1975. (Korean Title; translated by Young Hak Hyun; published by Ewha Women's University Press, 1979.)

Available in English:

Freston, Paul. Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Cambridge, 2001.

Froehle, Bryan T. & Mary L. Gautier. Global Catholicism: Portrait of a World Church. Orbis, 2003.

Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. Oxford Univ., 2002.

Sanneh, Lamin. Whose Religion Is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West. Eerdmans, 2003.

Walls, Andrew F. The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History. Orbis, 2002.

Kwok, Pui Lan. Chinese Women and Christianity, 1860-1927. Scholars Press, 1992.

Robert, Dana L. Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers. Orbis, 2002.

ASSIGNMENTS:
(1) Completion of reading the required texts before the class begins. (2) One class presentation on a regional specific historical event, movement, or person, with an outline submitted simultaneously, the formal written presentation of the materials (8-10 pp.) submitted August 19 (25% of grade). (3) A critical book review (5-7 pp.) on one text from the supplemental list, due Sept. 9 (25%). (4) Take-home midterm at the end of the first week, based on required readings and lectures (25%). (5) Final exam during the last two hours of the second week (25%).

PREREQUISITES: Korean.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Church History "b" (CHB).

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.