History of Christianity II

3 credits · Divinity School

This course examines Christianity in the modern era with particular attention to the United States and the Americas within global contexts. As the second course in a two-course sequence, it begins with the Reformation era and traces Christian traditions through the Western Hemisphere and examines how global forces, including slavery, war, migration, decolonization, and religious pluralism shaped communities and ideas. Students are introduced to historical methodologies and major topics in American religious historiography alongside important movements, including evangelicalism, abolitionism, liberalism, Pentecostalism, fundamentalism, the Social Gospel, Black theology, and Christian nationalism. Through analysis of primary sources and secondary studies, the course equips students to discern the development of Christianity and to situate American religious history within broader global developments. [3]