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CHURCH HISTORY & HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

School

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

TMHC8093-01

Ambrose and Augustine

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

A treatment of two of the seminal theologians of the Christian West, especially their biblical, liturgical, theological, pastoral and philosophical concerns, with attention to their socio-cultural, historical, and political context. The course will use Ambrose as a representative of early Christian thought and explore his influence on the young Augustine. We will then discuss how Augustine adopts and adapts many of Ambrose's insights in developing his own synthesis, which would influence all of the church until the present day.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dunkle, Brian P, SJ

M

10:00AM-12:20PM

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

Y

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

TMHC7026-01

History of Western Christianity I: 100-850

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

Through lectures and primary source readings, the course surveys the major cultural, institutional, and theological developments of ancient Christianity from the time of the persecutions to the break-up of the Carolingian empire and the rise of medieval Christendom.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Molvarec, Stephen J, SJ, McCarthy, Michael, SJ

TR

10:30AM-12:00

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

TMST8544-01

Seminar: Teresa of Avila

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

Canonized in 1622, declared a Doctor of the Church in 1970, St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) is a woman whose importance for the Church is paramount. Her works reveal an ingenuous and forceful personality, as well as a most fascinating experience of God. In this seminar at the crossroads of theology, spirituality and history, we will read large parts of Teresa�s works (e.g., the Autobiography, and the Interior Castle). Alongside a linear reading of those texts, some themes would be explored which criss-cross this corpus. (Note: some knowledge of Spanish would be helpful, but not required).

Professor

Class Day & Time

Brouillette, Andre, SJ

F

01:00PM-04:00PM

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

Y

Notes

(Prerequistes: Graduate courses in Theology, Spirituality or Church History.); or (Permission of Instructor)

School

Boston College Department of Theology

THEO5011-01

Revolutionaries, Diplomatic Theology, and Catholic Missionaries: Challenges in Twentieth-Century China

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This is a survey course. Each of these three groups challenged the witness of Catholicism in China since 1900. Understand how American ambassadors, business and military interests responded to Chinese political and social change. Learn how they then enabled zealous and adventurous Catholic missionaries to balance their dual identity as American citizens as well representatives of the Pope in Rome to preach the Gospel and provide social relief as China quested stability amid decades of war. Discover how the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek and the Communists inspired by Mao Zedong responded to and tested the resolve of these missionary foreigners. After 1949, the focusshifts to see how the U.S., the Holy See, and international Chinese Catholics have had to renegotiate their participation pertaining to religious freedom and human rights in China till the present day.No background on Chinese history is required. Theology, history, political science and international relation students are welcome.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Carbonneau

M

1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

GRAD/UGRAD SPLIT�

School

Boston College Department of Theology

THEO5426-01

From Nile to Niger: African Christian Fathers and Mothers of the Church

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course counts as an elective towards the interdisciplinary Minor in Ancient Civilization. Introduction to the Fathers of the Church, with special emphasis on the period after the apostles to the Council of Nicea (A.D. 325). The lives, writings, and teachings of the Church Fathers will be studied through readings in English translation.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Schatkin

M

3:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

GRAD/UGRAD SPLIT�

School

Boston College Department of Theology

THEO7613-01

Thirteenth-Century Franciscan Theology: Alexander and Bonaventure

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course explores the thirteenth-century Franciscan theological tradition through a substantial engagement with the theology of Alexander of Hales and of St. Bonaventure, focusing on the central theological topics of the theological method, Trinity, and Christology.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Coolman

R

10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Boston University School of Theology

STHTH 811

History of the Episcopal Church

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

TBD

Professor

Class Day & Time

Feyerherm, Elise

R

12:30pm-3:15pm

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton

CH500

Survey of Church History

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

A general survey of the history of the Christian church from its founding�at Pentecost to the present day.�Not for students who have taken both CH501 and CH502.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Cuthbert, Christian

W

1:30-4:30pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

NA

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 2390A

Colloquium in American Religious History

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

Presentation and discussion of the research of doctoral candidates in American religious history. Available, with instructors permission, to Harvard doctoral students in other fields of religious studies or American studies. Note: First half of an academic year bi-weekly course. Credit will not be earned unless both the fall and spring semester of the course is completed. Course may be taken on a Sat/unsat basis only. This course is limited to doctoral students with interests in North American religions. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 3505A.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Holland

T

06:00pm-07:59pm

Grading Option

P/F

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

DOCTORAL ONLY

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 2776

Unitarian and Universalist History

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This survey course will trace the history of both Unitarianism and Universalism from their origins to the present. We will explore the diverse starting points of liberal religion in the United States; the challenges of Transcendentalism, spiritualism, and humanism; the interplay between liberal religion and social reform; the experience of consolidation in the twentieth century; and patterns of complicity in and resistance to structured forms of oppression. Each student will complete a research project exploring one aspect of the history of a particular Unitarian or Universalist congregation.��Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1557.

Professor

Class Day & Time

McKanan

T

03:00pm-05:45pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

�Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1557.

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 3087

African American Religious History

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This graduate seminar course provides a critical survey of and introduction to major themes, debates, and trajectories in the field of African American Religious History. We will examine the multiple and manifold meanings of African American religions with attention to Christian denominational histories and extra-church, non-Christian, and quasi-Christian religious formations and interventions among people of African descent in the United States. To do so, students will be introduced to key historical events, prominent and unsung religious actors and institutions, and a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches to investigating, analyzing, and narrating the archives of African American religious life and culture. Jointly offered as Religion xxxx.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Greene-Hayes

T

12:00pm-01:59pm

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 3743

Mashpee and Harvard: Braided Histories

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

Goals of self-governance and perseverance of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's (MWT's) autonomy have intertwined with Harvard's founding educational and religious mission for 400 years.  Collaboratively conceived with members of the MWT Historic Preservation Commission, this course explores indigenous, English, and American responses to the university's mandate to educate "English and Indian youth," in "knowledge and godliness."  Reversing the longstanding practice of Wampanoag educators traveling to Harvard to help students understand the region in which they live and study, students will travel to Mashpee to engage the tribe and its institution.  They will contribute to understanding of the braided histories of tribe and university through research on topics identified by the MWT Historic Preservation Commission, including indigenous sovereignty, land stewardship, and MWT access to education and control of Christian Institutions.The course includes day-long trips to Mashpee. Students should be prepared to be gone from Cambridge 9-5 on a few Fridays. Transportation will be provided. Enrollment limited to 25.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Braude

F

10:00am-01:00pm

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

Y

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

The course includes day-long trips to Mashpee. Students should be prepared to be gone from Cambridge 9-5 on a few Fridays. Transportation will be provided. Enrollment limited to 25.

School

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

CHST 5011

Church History I/Ecum. Patriarchate

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course offers a general introduction to the history of the Church up to the year 787. Emphasis will be laid on the main ecclesiastical and theological issues and personalities and on the study of certain key texts. Special attention will be given to the history and role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dr. James C. Skedros

T

2:10pm-4:30pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

CHST 7012

Early Christian Literature

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course focuses on the study of a number of texts belonging to the general category of early Christian literature. Texts to be read include works representative of various theological tendencies and literary forms. The study of each work will consider its form and genre, its relation to the New Testament, and its connection to the contemporary religio-philosophical world. In addition, the historical context of each text will be examined in light of the history and development of Christianity in the first three centuries.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dr. James C. Skedros

ASYNC

2:10pm-4:30pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

PATR 5011 Z1

Patrology

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This introductory core-course serves as a general introduction to the Fathers and the main periods of Patristic Literature from post-apostolic times to the Council of Nicaea in the fourth century. The course combines an introduction to the central Fathers of this period, with attention not only to the doctrinal issues, but also the literary, historical, and cultural context of this period.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dr. Tikhon Alexander Pino

F

2:10pm-4:30pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

SYNC

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

PATR 5040 Z1

St. Gregory the Theologian

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

St Gregory Nazianzen is honored alongside St Basil the Great and St John Chrysostom as one of the Church's Three Holy Hierarchs and Great Ecumenical Teachers. Surnamed 'the Theologian,' Gregory was one of the chief architects of the Church's Trinitarian theology in the fourth century, contributing in a special way to the Christian confession of the divinity of the Holy Spirit. In this course, we explore the seminal contributions of St Gregory the Theologian through a close reading of his monumental Orations, offering students the opportunity to encounter the rhetorical masterpieces, festal homilies, and polemic that shaped the hymnography of the Byzantine church and the later dogmatic formulations of the Church Fathers. Prerequisites: none (Patrology I and Dogmatics I strongly recommended) Required texts: [1] Brian E. Daley, Gregory of Nazianzus, The Early Church Fathers (Routledge, 2006); [2] Frederick Williams and Lionel Wickham, St Gregory of Nazianzus on God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius, Popular Patristics Series 23 (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2002).

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dr. Tikhon Alexander Pino

M

6:30pm-8:50pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

SYNC

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

TMHC8572-01

Heresy and Revolution, Protest and Reform

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course will explore and examine some historical phenomena concerning understanding of sacraments, the bible, ecclesiology, and reform. The course will treat these themes in the context of the medieval church as well as in the context of medieval heretical movements (e.g., the Cathari, the Waldensians, etc.). It will also treat these themes as addressed by both Catholic and Protestant Reformers of the sixteenth-century. These various episodes will serve as comparative illustrations of theological and practical approaches to church reform in both the middle ages and the early modern period. It will significantly consider primary/historical source texts (in translation) as well as secondary, scholarly literature

Professor

Class Day & Time

Molvarec, Stephen Joseph, Society of Jesus

R

03:30PM-06:20PM

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

Y

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

TMST8016-01

Seminar: Global Catholicism in the Twenty-First Century

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This seminar traces the evolution of global Catholicism in the light of demographic shifts within the Roman Catholic Church from 1910-2010. Drawing upon insights and perspectives from church history, ecclesiology, theology, world mission studies, and post-colonial theory, the seminar examines the interactive dynamics of faith and culture as it explores the transformation of Roman Catholic ecclesial consciousness in the twenty-first century. Additional resources for research and analysis include the working documents, proceedings, and outcomes of recent Special Synods as well as international, regional, and national General Conferences of Episcopal Conferences, Assemblies of Conferences of Religious, and World Youth Days.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Guider, Margaret E

T

03:30PM-06:20PM

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

Y

Notes

(Foundational course in ecclesiology)

School

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

TMST8085-01

The Christology of Thomas Aquinas

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course provides an introduction to the Christology of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) primarily as set forth in the Summa theologiae. Through close reading of IIIa qq. 1-59 (in English translation), we will consider Aquinas's teaching on the Incarnation and Christ's life and work. The sacraments as extensions of Christ's saving work throughout time and space will also be examined. Primary sources will be supplemented by modern scholarship on various aspects of Aquinas's Christology. Throughout the course we will attend particularly to Aquinas's sources and working method as a scholastic theologian.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Harkins, Franklin T

F

09:00AM-12:00

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

Y

Notes

(Christology)

School

Boston College Department of Theology

THEO5018-01

Vatican II and Us: Documents and Interpretations

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course aims at increasing familiarity with the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), which still guides ecclesial and theological thinking, but which is often not known beyond snapshots. We will read three types of materials: 1) The Councils official documents; 2) Documents and literature that shed light on the Council as an event with a so-called spirit, such as Council speeches or historical commentaries; 3) Documents that receive the Council and interpret its meaning in other contexts, including our own. We will relate these materials with current issues, e.g., the Roman-Catholic churchs synodal conversion, the American bishops Eucharistic revival, andthe place of women in the Church.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Moons

TR

2:00 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

GRAD/UGRAD SPLIT�

School

Boston College Department of Theology

THEO7049-01

Council of Nicaea (325): Theology and Discipline

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

The Council of Nicaea (325) is crucial event that shaped both Christian theology and life. Although its main impact revolved around the development of Trinitarian theology, its canonical legislation became a reference point for subsequent Christian discipline. Therefore, the seminar addresses these two aspects. The first part of it deals with the Trinitarian debate, namely, the so-called Arian crisis and focuses on the analysis of contemporary documents rather than fifth-century Christian historians (Fernndez). The second part of the seminar addresses the twenty disciplinary canons of the council, their antecedents and reception (Hunter).

Professor

Class Day & Time

Hunter

W

10:00 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Boston University School of Theology

STHTH 701 A1

History of Christianity: Latin America

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course surveys the interconnected global history of Christianity starting with the second century Mediterranean world and moving chronologically through Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the European Reformations, including the emergence of Wesleyanism, through the rise of modern missions, down to the twenty-first century, giving particular attention to the role of women in the Christian movement, the movement of Christianity across cultures, and the encounters between Christianity and other religions. The course is offered each term with a distinct regional emphasis which guides the semester�s focus, though not to the exclusion of other significant developments in world Christianity.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Brown, Christopher and Roldan-Figueroa, Rady

TR

9:30am-10:45am

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Boston University School of Theology

STHTM 835

Asian Christianity

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course explores the dynamism, co-option, stagnation and renewal of East Asian Christianity throughout its history--from the 7th century to the 21st. Special attention is given to Christianity's complex interaction with the religious, political, and social realities of Japan, China, and Korea. Students are introduced to important Christian leaders and movements across the centuries, and they investigate the implications of East Asian Christianity's recent expansion both at home and abroad.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Ireland, Daryl

M

2:30pm-5:15pm

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

3

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton

CH501

The Church to the Reformation

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

A general survey of the history of the Christian church from its�founding at Pentecost to the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. ��� �

Professor

Class Day & Time

Isaac, Gordon

M

1:30-4:30pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

SYNC

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

NA

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 2442

Makers of the (Catholic) Tradition: Vatican II: History and Theology

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

�Makers of the (Catholic) Tradition� is a series devoted to the study of key themes and authors that have shaped Roman Catholic Theological Studies. Each iteration of this course introduces students to different themes and authors through a combination of lectures and class discussion whose goal is gaining in-depth knowledge of the Catholic tradition, while engaging authors and sources beyond Catholicism.In this iteration of the course, we will focus on Vatican II (1962-1965), one of the most influential gatherings of bishops in the history of the Catholic Church. We will start by studying the ecclesial and social context that preceded Vatican II, paying special attention to the immediately prior and radically different gathering of bishops in Vatican I. Then we will turn to the specifics of Vatican II by reading both about the council and the central documents produced by the council. Lastly, we will focus on the key theologians that shaped Vatican II or whose projects develop inspired by the council, trying to identify their ideas in the documents of Vatican II and in its aftermath.This seminar offers students an opportunity to write a research paper. No prerequisites.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Zegarra

R

03:00pm-05:45pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 2779

Piety, Practice, and Politics: Thomas Merton and Martin Buber

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

The twentieth century produced numerous figures in Judaism and Christianity that developed ways of understanding religion in modernity that included the practical application of religious practice (piety) with activist engagement in the world (politics). This course will focus on two such figures; the Trappist monk Thomas Merton (d. 1969), and the Jewish theologian Martin Buber (d.1965). Merton excavated and taught the history of monasticism and Christian piety, living as a monk in the Gethsemane Monastery in Bardstown Kentucky, and became active in anti-Vietnam War politics until his untimely death from accidental electrocution in Bangkok in 1969. Buber was a leading philosopher/theologian and Zionist activist in Germany until his immigration to Mandate Palestine in the late 1930s and then became a voice of inspiration for humanistic Zionism, religious renewal, and the revival of Hasidism. This course will examine the writings and lives of both figures, paying close attention to their use of the past, theological worldviews, their understanding of a life of piety, and their commitment to political activism. They will serve as two exemplars of the ongoing attempt to reconsider, reconstruct, and revise religion in a changing world.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Magid

T

12:00pm-01:59pm

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

Y

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 3689

African Religion in the Diaspora

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course focuses on the history and phenomenology of African peoples religious experiences in the Americas. The historical and social processes that led to the emergence of African diasporic religions in Latin America and the Caribbean will form the core of our reading. This will include Afroatlantic traditions in USA, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad.  It will focus on the survival of West and Central African religions, especially Yoruba, Fon and Kongo Religions in the new world and show why African religions attract a large following in the contemporary society.  Topics include West and Central Africa religious heritage; Santeria: the religion of the Orishas in Cuba and the United States; Candomble: Afro-Brazilian religion and Haitian Vodou; Rastafarians in Jamaica and Shango in Trinidad. By closely reading historical, ethnographic, and textual sources, the course will illuminate the lived religious traditions of Africans in the Americas. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as African and African American Studies 181x.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Hucks

T

09:00am-10:59am

Grading Option

Letter

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as African and African American Studies 181x.

School

Harvard Divinity School

HDS 3815

Emerging Topics in Ancient Greek Religion: Seminar

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

Recent research has highlighted dimensions in the religious history of Greece too long at the margins: e.g., magic and necromancy; curse tablets and binding spells; rituals of childbirth; healing sanctuaries and dream incubation; talismans and apotropaic practices; miasma and catharsis; weaving, dance, lamentation, and other forms of women�s cultural production; childbirth and motherhood; heroines and their cults; the role of color and polychromy in statues, shrines, and temples; the optics of theater; animate cult images and �talking objects�; and animal metamorphosis.  The seminar will offer an intensive survey of important work on these �new� topics in Ancient Greece. Students will have an opportunity to develop their own research projects. No language prerequisite; some background in ancient Greek religion preferred but not required;Enrollment is limited to 15. Please write to Prof. Patton: kpatton@hds.harvard.edu to request an application.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Patton

W

03:00pm-04:59pm

Grading Option

Letter, P/F

Credits

4

Online?

N

Professor Approval Req'd?

Y

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

No language prerequisite; some background in ancient Greek religion preferred but not required;Enrollment is limited to 15. Please write to Prof. Patton: kpatton@hds.harvard.edu to request an application.

School

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

CHST 5011 Z1

Church History I/Ecum. Patriarchate

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course offers a general introduction to the history of the Church up to the year 787. Emphasis will be laid on the main ecclesiastical and theological issues and personalities and on the study of certain key texts. Special attention will be given to the history and role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dr. James C. Skedros

ASYNC

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

ASYNC

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

CHST 7012 Z1

Early Christian Literature

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This course focuses on the study of a number of texts belonging to the general category of early Christian literature. Texts to be read include works representative of various theological tendencies and literary forms. The study of each work will consider its form and genre, its relation to the New Testament, and its connection to the contemporary religio-philosophical world. In addition, the historical context of each text will be examined in light of the history and development of Christianity in the first three centuries.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dr. James C. Skedros

TBA

TBA

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

Y

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

School

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

PATR 5011 Z2

Patrology

BTI Category

Semester

Church History/History of Religions

FA25

This introductory core-course serves as a general introduction to the Fathers and the main periods of Patristic Literature from post-apostolic times to the Council of Nicaea in the fourth century. The course combines an introduction to the central Fathers of this period, with attention not only to the doctrinal issues, but also the literary, historical, and cultural context of this period.

Professor

Class Day & Time

Dr. Tikhon Alexander Pino

ASYNC

ASYNC

Grading Option

Letter, P/F, Audit

Credits

3

Online?

ASYNC

Professor Approval Req'd?

N

Prerequisites?

N

Notes

N/A

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