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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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