Brachlow Designed to introduce the student to the history of the christian church. It is the story of men and women through the centuries attempting to proclaim then Christian message and to perform Christian ministry to meet the needs of their day. The course will cover the history of Christianity from its inception through the present. A study of the life, writings, and thought of men and women who made notable contributions to Christianity in the second through the fifth centuries. Women and the Church RTC Sequence parallel to the irst half of General Church History, with emphasis on the beliefs, religious experiences, roles and contributions of women.
Primary attention is given to the writings of women themselves.
Although the course focuses upon women in the ancient and medieval church, independent research will enable students to pursue areas of their own interest, including the faith and practice of women from the Reformation to the present. An examination of the currents of reform in England from Wyclif and the Lollards through the rise of Puritanism to the Restoration and Revolution. Consideration is given to the interaction of social, political, and religious issues as a paradigm for the way such interaction takes place in the life of the church. A course designed to give students an understanding of what it has meant to live and work in a Baptist context. Includes a study of Baptist origins and development, major theological emphases of Baptists, their literature, their denominational structures, and the relation of all of these areas to current issues in Baptist life.