TMMC3207: Topic in Church History

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• To enable students critically to analyse one focussed area of Christian history.
• To nurture students' ability to read, analyse and critically evaluate primary historical sources.
• To enable students to develop critical awareness of historical methods.
• To enable students to integrate critical historical thinking further info their own spiritual formation and ministerial development.

• This module will explore one specific topic in church history (for example, the development of Christianity in one place over a particular period; the history of the interaction between science and faith, the response of the British church to immigration) and will include:
• in depth exploration of the chosen topic
• study of primary theological texts and other sources (e.g. art, liturgy, hymnody or material evidence)
• consideration of this areas connections to the wider history of Christian life and thought
• attention to the relationships between this historical area and contemporary Christian practice and experience.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• [BA SSK 2, 4] [Grad Cert / Dip SSK2]
• Offer a coherent and detailed account of an aspect of a topic in Christian history exploring questions about how it relates to aspects of faith, church and society.
• Discuss intelligently at least one key issue and/or controversy in contemporary Christian thought about this area of history, drawing on some current scholarship.

Subject-specific Skills:

• [BA SSS 3] [ Graduate Cert / Dip SSS2]
• Critically analyse one or more aspects of the relationship of Christian history to experience and practice in the context of discipleship, mission and ministry, showing sensitivity to the problems of religious language, experience, and the limits of knowledge.

Key Skills:

• [BA KS 1, 2] [ Graduate Cert / Dip KS 1, 2]
• Identify, gather, analyse and critically evaluate textual source materials, including material from primary sources and scholarly research, and communicate their findings with clarity and fairness.
• Critically evaluate ideas, arguments and assumptions, using them to construct and communicate coherent and well-reasoned arguments, showing critical awareness of their own and others beliefs, commitments and prejudices.

• Content delivery by lectures

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