All course materials must be submitted by the last day of class. Thereafter, course materials may be submitted for up to six (6) weeks after the end of the semester directly to the office of the Registrar with the permission of the professor. If a student submits course materials after the end of the semester but within the six (6) weeks grace period, the student’s grade will be lowered by one letter grade. The course materials will not be accepted after the six (6) week grace period and a failing grade will be posted to the student’s transcript. Grading Quizzes (4 Total) 10% Mid Term Exam 15% Final Exam 20% Response Papers 30% (3 Total) Completed Reading 25% Course Schedule Date Class Lecture Reading Due Assignments Due 1-19 Introduction to the Course and Review of Syllabus Lecture 1: The Roots of Reformation Gonzalez, p.6-45 Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation 1518 1-26 Lecture 2: Luther and the Reformation Lecture 3: Luther’s Theology Gonzalez, p. 61-68; Quiz 1 over Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation 2-2 Lecture 4: The Swiss Reformation and the Anabaptist Lecture 5: Introduction to John Calvin Calvin’s Institutes, McKim, p. 1-82 Optional Reading: Arminian Articles (1610) 2-9 Lecture 6: Calvin’s Theology Lecture 7: Calvin’s Theology, Pt.2 Calvin’s Institutes, p. 83—173 Optional Reading: Synod of Dort, Canons (1619) (selections) Quiz 2 over Calvin on Justification (3:11) 2-16 Lecture 8: The Growth of Protestantism Lecture 9: The Catholic Gonzalez, p.70-127; The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, “On Justification” 2-23 Lecture 10 & 11: The Golden Age of the English Puritans Gonzalez, p.132-163; Jonathan Edwards, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God; Charles Finney, Lectures on Revivals of Religion Optional Reading: Thomas Watson, How We May Read the Scriptures with Most Spiritual Profit (1674) 3-1 Lecture 12: Protestantism, Rationalism, and the Enlightenment Lecture 13: The Protestant Confessions; Review Questions for Midterm Gonzalez, p.164-195; “The Westminster Confession of Faith” (not necessary to read all Scripture proofs) Quiz 3 over Edward’s Distinguishing Marks
Response Paper #1, Edwards vs. Finney 3-8 Spring Break 3-15 Midterm 3-22 Lecture 14: The Spiritualist and the Pietist Lecture 15: Protestantism in the American Colonies Gonzalez, p.196-230 John Wesley, “Free Grace”; George Whitfield, “A Letter to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley” Quiz 4 over Whitefield’s Letter to Wesley 3-29 Lecture 16: The Life and Theology of Jonathan Edwards Lecture 17: The Great Awakening Response Paper #2, Wesley vs. Whitefield 4-5 Lectures 18 & 19: American Christianity Stephen Nichols, Jesus Made in America, p. 19-97 4-12 Lecture 20: The Fundamentalist— Modernist Controversy Lecture 21: Questions for Review of Final Harry Emerson Fosdick, “Shall the Fundamentalist Win?”; J. Gresham Machen, Christianity & Liberalism Response Paper #3, Fosdick vs. Machen 4-19 Final Exam Bibliography Allison, Gregg R. Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011. Bebbington, D.W. Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s. : Routledge, 1989. Bebbington, D.W. The Dominance of Evangelicalism. Downer’s Grove: Intervarsity, 2005. Eire, Carlos M. N. War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin. Cambridge: University Press, 1989. George, Timothy. Theology of the Reformers (Revised). Nashville: B & H Academic, 2013. Haykin, Michael A. G. ed., The Advent of Evangelicalism: Exploring Historical Continuities. Nashville: B & H Academic, 2008. Hill, Jonathan. Zondervan Handbook to the History of Christianity. Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2006. Kidd, Thomas S. George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2014. Kuiper, B.K. The Church in History. : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1964. Lloyd—Jones, D. M. The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors. Pennsylvania: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2002. McGrath, Alister E. Reformation Thought: An Introduction. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 1999.