Examine the last 500 years of history through the lens of Christianity with an esteemed professor.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Prophets of Reform before Protestantism
- 02: Luther and the Dawn of Protestantism
- 03: Zwingli, Calvin, and the Reformed Tradition
- 04: The Anabaptist Radicals
- 05: The Catholic Reformation
- 06: The Church Militant in the Spanish Empire
- 07: War and Witchcraft in the Holy Roman Empire
- 08: Puritans, Kings, and Theology in Practice
- 09: Religious Dissent and the English Civil War
- 10: Eastern Orthodoxy: From Byzantium to Russia
- 11: Christians under Muslim Rule
- 12: The Church and the Scientific Revolution
- 13: The Enlightenment Quest for Reasonable Faith
- 14: Pietist Revival in Europe
- 15: The First Great Awakening
- 16: Religion and Revolution in the 18th Century
- 17: The Second Great Awakening
- 18: The Mormons: A True American Faith
- 19: Slave Religion in the Americas
- 20: Christian Missions and Moral Reform
- 21: The Church’s Encounter with Modern Learning
- 22: The Social Gospel
- 23: Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism
- 24: Apocalyptic Faith in the 1800s and Beyond
- 25: The Church and the Russian Revolution
- 26: The Rival Gods of the Cold War
- 27: Rebellion and Reform in Latin America
- 28: Vatican II and Global Renewal
- 29: Secularism and the Death of God
- 30: The Gospel and Global Civil Rights
- 31: Culture Wars and the Christian Right
- 32: Liberation Theologies in Latin America
- 33: Prophetic Religion in Modern Africa
- 34: Chinese Christianity: Missionaries to Mao
- 35: Revival and Repression in Korea
- 36: The Challenge of 21st-Century Christianity
Taught by
Molly Worthen