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Undergraduate Course: Apocalypse Now: Modern Millennial Movements 3/4 (ECHS10010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEcclesiastical History Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A (ECHS08005)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting 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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Contacts
Course organiserDr Jack Thompson
Tel: 0131 667 6738
Email: T.Jack.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary
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