Course Description

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.

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor