BIB 303 History & Expansion of Christianity II

This course surveys Christian history from the era of the European Renaissance and Reformation of the sixteenth century, the establishing of the Protestant tradition, the eventual Wars of Religion, the transmission of Christianity to the western hemisphere and Asia by trade, colonization, and the rise of the eighteenth-century missionary movement. The effects on world Christianity of de-colonization and the major military conflicts of the twentieth century are especially noted. The future of Christianity as an increasingly non-Western and Global South movement will be noted in detail. The course is designed as a “W” course that focuses on writing in the field of biblical studies and theology, along with its accepted methods of argument, style, and citation. Prerequisite(s): BIB 201  or BIB 298 ; BIB 202  or BIB 299 ; or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed as HIS 313 . 3 hour(s). GA or HUM, W.