MedievalReformation Theology

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course is a graduate seminar on Christian thought from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries—i.e. the High and Late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the early modern era. Focus will be on (1) theological primary texts (both “classics” and newer candidates for the theological canon), (2) on the development of certain key Christian doctrines (the doctrine of God, Christology, soteriology, grace & freedom, sacraments), and (3) on certain religious themes (mysticism, scholasticism, authority & reform, revelation & history, tradition, and religious experience). Primary sources will be supplemented with secondary sources on Church history, thought, and practice. Special attention will also be given to issues of religious pluralism. The course is designed to help graduate students prepare for the doctoral examination in Christianity.