CH310

description


Title	CH310	The Church in North America
Time	Wednesday	12:00PM	2:30PM
Location
Instructor	Dr. R. M. Keelan Downton	kdownton[at]somerset.edu	732-356-1595 x1103
Description	A study of the origin and development of the various Christian traditions in North America, including European colonial churches, African-American churches, immigrant churches, and First Nations churches.
Relation to Mission and Vision	This course delves into the important people and events in the history of the church (Upward Call) with a view to helping students understand their own experiences of church better (Inward Journey) and apply the lessons of that history towards developing effective missional strategies (Outward Move).
Prerequisites	CH201 or CH202	EN101	EN102

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textbooks


ISBN	Author	Title	Publisher	Year	List Price	Used Price	Link to Amazon
140511892X	Michael Battle	The Black Church in America: African American Christian Spirtuality (Religious Life in America)	Wiley-Blackwell	2006	$39.95	$27.36	http://www.amazon.com/Black-Church-America-Christian-Spirtuality/dp/140511892X%3FSubscriptionId%3D1HG4PAF9WXY7G5BD6D02%26tag%3Dws%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D140511892X
0802849482	Mark A. Noll	The Old Religion in a New World: The History of North American Christianity	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company	2001	$26.00	$7.69	http://www.amazon.com/Old-Religion-New-World-Christianity/dp/0802849482%3FSubscriptionId%3D1HG4PAF9WXY7G5BD6D02%26tag%3Dws%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0802849482

objectives


#	Action	Subject	Difficulty
1	identify	the major events and figures in the history of the church in North America	2
2	value	the attempts of other Christian traditions to respond to the gospel	3
3	assemble	a historical account of how one's own Christian community fits into the history of the church in North America	5
4	apply	lessons from church history to personal faith	3

assignments


Week Due	Date Due	Name	Description	Meets Objective	Possible Points	Days Remaining
	weekly	Compose your own questions	For every reading assignment, write one good short-answer question suitable for a quiz and turn it in on a typed sheet of paper at the beginning of class (this means some weeks require TWO questions). It will be graded using the following criteria: a) requires knowledge of more than one fact, b) requires analytic thinking about the facts, c) has a clear best answer, d) focuses on major or central ideas (i.e. is not obscure), e) is unique (i.e. is not similar to questions asked by others in the class). Discussing questions with all of your classmates before class is therefore encouraged.	1	150	1
7	Oct-15	Church Visitation	Visit a church of a tradition with which you are unfamiliar or especially curious. Describe the portions of their theology or history that seems of greatest value to you and how their response to the gospel might help you respond to it better yourself. Use at least FOUR scholarly sources, not including required textbooks (academic journals and books - save yourself a lot of points by asking before your assignment is due!). 1500-2000 words.	2, 4	300	passed
15	Dec-17	My Church Family History	Identify your church tradition (i.e. Reformed, Pentecostal, Roman Catholic, House Church Movement, etc...) a construct a "church family history" that explores at least three major moments in its history (i.e. founded, major document, a split between two parties, etc...) and assesses the significance of those events for your personal faith. 1500-2000 words.	3, 4	300	16
	???	Surprise Quizzes	Every few weeks your professor will give a surprise quiz using student generated questions.	1	250	???
				TOTAL	1000

schedule


Week	Date	Topic	Reading	page_begin	page_end	amount	Assignment Due	I earned	out of
1	Sep-3	Syllabus
							What I know essay		10

2	Sep-10	From Europe to America	Old Religion in a New World	1	26	25
		Emergence of What is African	The Black Church in America	1	22	21	Compose your own questions		10

3	Sep-17	Colonization (1492-1730)	Old Religion in a New World	27	47	20
		The Particularity of African American Spirituality	The Black Church in America	23	42	19	Compose your own questions		10

4	Sep-24	The Churches Become American (1730-1830)	Old Religion in a New World	48	71	23
		The Black Church in the Shadow of Slavery	The Black Church in America	43	65	22	Compose your own questions		10

5	Oct-1	Separation of Church and State	Old Religion in a New World	72	94	22
							Compose your own questions		10

6	Oct-8	High Tide of Protestantism (1830-1865)	Old Religion in a New World	95	112	17
							Compose your own questions		10

7	Oct-15	Communal Worship	The Black Church in America	66	97	31	Church Visitation		300
							Compose your own questions		10

8	Oct-22	New Christian Pluralism (1865-1906)	Old Religion in a New World	113	135	22
							Compose your own questions		10

9	Oct-29	Divisions, Renewal, Fragmentation, Acculturation (1906-1960)	Old Religion in a New World	136	160	24
			The Black Church in America	98	126	28	Compose your own questions		10

10	Nov-5	The Recent Past (1960-2000)	Old Religion in a New World	161	185	24
			The Black Church in America	127	162	35	Compose your own questions		10

11	Nov-12	Theology	Old Religion in a New World	186	208	22
							Compose your own questions		10

12	Nov-19	In the Shadow of the United States	Old Religion in a New World	209	234	25
							Compose your own questions		10

13	Dec-3	The Fate of European Traditions	Old Religion in a New World	235	252	17
							Compose your own questions		10

14	Dec-10	Day to Day Christian Spirituality and the Bible	Old Religion in a New World	253	281	28