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Undergraduate Course: Reformation: Religion in Europe, 1500-1600 (THET10044)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryA study of the central theological issues in debate at the Reformation, using texts from Luther, Calvin, Anabaptist and Catholic reformers. It sets the documents and their authors in context, historically and theologically. It explores the different directions reform thought took within the Protestant movement, and in Catholic settings. It analyses the nature of the polemical divisions that opened up, and the factors that created so many varieties of reformation thought. It considers continuities/discontinuities with late medieval thought.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed ( Ecclesiastical History 2A: Christianity in the Pluralistic Roman World 100-305 (ECHS08007) OR Christianity before Constantine, 100-306 (ECHS08008) OR Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (ECHS08002) OR Systematic Theology 2Bh: Dogmatic Theology (THET08001) OR Christian Theology: Doctrines and Debates (THET08017))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements 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.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, a student will have acquired knowledge and understanding of:
- a range of key primary sources in Reformation theology, Protestant and Catholic;
- the central positions adopted by different parties in Reformation debate on themes such as justification by faith alone, the nature of Christ's presence at the Eucharist, the authority of Scripture/tradition;
- the impact of rhetoric and printed propaganda on the character of Reformation thought;
- late medieval thought and its relation to Reformation debates;
- recent scholarship on Reformation theology and the social/cultural context of Reformation thought;
- theological concepts and terms important in this period. He/she will be able to: work with a 16th centry text, in translation, and determine its theological and historical significance;
- juxtapose and compare the ideas of different thinkers, to create a nuanced discussion;
- transfer enhanced analytical skills to other courses and future work;
- transfer enhanced skills of presentation, oral and written, to other courses and future work
- key terms and their meaning and should be able to demonstrate an ability to identify these;
- good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsRefRE
Contacts
Course organiserProf Susan Hardman Moore
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: S.Hardmanmoore@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk
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