Assessment

Essay 1 (40%), Essay 2 (40%), Engagement with prescribed reading (10%), Source Criticism exercise (5%), Dictionary entry exercise (5%)

Module Aims

• To introduce students to the history of the Church in the Early Modern and Modern Periods
• Provide students with a good overview of the most up to date scholarship on the history of Early Modern and Modern Christianity

Learning Outcomes

• — Be able to fluently discuss the principal events and personalities of post-Reformation Christianity up to the French Revolution
• — Be familiar with the efforts to implement Tridentine reform across Europe
• — Have a good understanding of the historical debates surrounding the issue of inculturation in missionary activity, and the continuing relevance of these issues today
• — Comprehend the evolving relationship between secular and religious authorities in the early modern period and how these developments have shaped our world to the present day
• — Understand the complexities of the relationship between religion and science during this period and the relevance of this point for current interdisciplinary discussions
• — Appreciate the effect of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era on the Christian Church

Bibliography

• — The bibliography will be available on the module's Moodle page