RE216 Christianity and Western Culture: The Modern Period 0.5 Beginning with the turmoils of the Reformation era, the course traces the profound changes in Western Christianity as it encountered the modern world: the scientific and industrial revolutions and the attendant intellectual and social crises, new worlds, the ``Romantic'' agony, Darwinism, historical criticism of the Bible, the divisions and rivalries within Christianity, and the challenge of non-Western cultures. The implications for the future of Christianity will be considered.