Hist of Christian Thought I

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course investigates the history of Christian thought and practice during the first millennium of Christianity. Focus will be on primary texts and on the development of certain key Christian doctrines (e.g., Christology, the Trinity, grace and freedom, sacraments, and ecclesiology) in relation to the historical and cultural context. Primary sources will be supplemented with readings from secondary sources about the history of the church. Half of the course will be lecture, the other half seminar. The course is designed so that students will have ample time to spend reading the primary texts.