CH006-812

The Reformation

Credit Points 12 Credit Points (CPs)

Learning Outcomes

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of the Reformation.

B. Be able to

  1. Analyse the major phases and developments of the Reformation in their political and social contexts.
  2. Examine the contribution of selected people to the Reformation.
  3. Critically engage with selected data from primary and secondary sources to formulate Critical historical viewpoints on of the Reformation.
  4. Evaluate Critical evidence-based perspectives on the Reformation.

C. Be in a position to

  1. Apply knowledge, Critical thinking skills and perspectives from the of The Reformation to inform ministry practice as a reflective practitioner.

Content

  1. Christian history and theology from the high Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
  2. The causes and pre-cursors of the Reformation.
  3. Martin Luther & the German Reformation
  4. Huldrych Zwingli & the Swiss Reformation.
  5. The Anabaptists & the “Radical” Reformation
  6. John Calvin
  7. English Christianity under Henry VIII, Edward VI & Mary I, including the contribution of Cranmer.
  8. The Elizabethan Settlement, Puritanism.
  9. The Reformation in Scotland.
  10. The Counter-Reformation / Catholic Reformation, the Council of Trent & the Jesuits.
  11. The Reformation beyond Germany, Switzerland and Britain.
  12. Later-Reformation developments in Protestantism, to c. 1662.