Course Syllabus

25120WW - Introduction to Church History II

Dr. John D. Wilsey Associate Professor of Church History jwilsey@sbts.edu Faculty Bio Online Teaching Assistant (OTA): Your OTA will reach out to you at the beginning of the course. Please direct all questions to the OTAs through Canvas.

Course Schedule  Click the link below to access Week 1 of this sample course.
	Introduction & Background
	Reformation & Reformed Tradition
	English, Radical, & Catholic Reformations
	The Enlightenment & the Awakenings
	African-American Christianity
	Challenges to Orthodoxy
	Fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, & the Social Gospel
	Vatican II & the Civil Rights Movement

Expectation of Students

• Students are expected to check their SBTS email accounts and Canvas at least twice a week throughout the semester. This is necessary to stay up to date on pertinent class communication.
• Similarly, students are accountable for all information contained within the Course Syllabus and Class Announcements.

Course Description

The course will cover the history of Christianity and Christian thought from the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century to the present. We will survey the major movements, doctrines, persons, and institutions that arose within the church and affected its development during this time. Our emphasis will be the development of doctrinal understanding in the church as well as careful study of selected key individuals whose lives should inspire us to biblical faithfulness today.

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