Legacy Course Catalog
REL R331 - Religion Since the Reformation: Christianity 1500 to Present
| Effectivity: | 01/07/2002 - Fall 2007 *** @ IU Technology Statewide |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr sum |
| Short Title: | Religion Since Reform |
| Description: | It is often said that we live in a secular age. Among those who believe this, some say that secularism began with the Protestant Reformation while others point to the influence of the Enlightenment. In this course we will use these debates about the causes of secularization as a framework for analyzing our assumptions about religion in the modern western world. The course will focus primarily on Christianity as we look at modern trends from both "insider" and "outsider" perspectives--i.e., trends of religious thought within Christian communities as they adjust to change, and critical perspectives on religion that were taking shape between the 16th and the 18th centuries. Thus, in the course of surveying Christian history from the 16th century to the 20th century, we shall try to understand what phenomena lead people to describe our age as "secular" and what that description assumes about being "religious." Readings will include such primary sources as Luther, Calvin, Galileo, Spinoza, Voltaire, Marx, Dostoevsky, and M.L. King, Jr. |
| Department: | Iupui Courses |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
