Undergraduate Course: Apocalypse Now: Modern Millennial Movements 3/4 (ECHS10010)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Divinity |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Ecclesiastical History |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course looks at the interaction of Western missionary ideas and indigenous cosmologies, in those cases which produced millennial or messianic movements. The course will explore the causation of such movements, and looks at a number of case studies such as Taiping in China, Ghost Dance in North America, Kitawala in Central Africa and Cargo movements in Melanesia. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The successful completion of this course should enable students to:
- have a reasonable knowledge of the process of inter-cultural interaction bnetween missionary Christianity and indigenous cosmologies in different parts of the world from the mid-nineteenth centry onwards;
- understand the factors which led to this interaction becoming millenarian in specific circumstances;
- acquire a detailed knowledge of the specific movements dealt with in the course, as well as one or more other movements which they will reasearch independently;
- identify other similar millenarian movements which they may come across in their reading. |
Assessment Information
| 10% on seminar presentations and participation, 30% on an essay, 60% on degree examination. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Jack Thompson
Tel: 0131 667 6738
Email: T.Jack.Thompson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
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