Undergraduate Course: Newman - Anglican and Catholic (ECHS10020)
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 | History of Christianity |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This course looks at the life and thought of John Henry Newman against the background of the Victorian Church and Victorian society. Newman had a profound impact in his own lifetime on both the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches, and the influence of his thought is felt today far beyond the confines of those two communions. His engagement with questions of historicity and with the rapidly developing scientific thought and biblical criticism of the later nineteenth century did much to propel the Churches into the modern world. We will follow the outline of Newman¿s life, reading, week by week, sections from his most important and influential works, including the Apologia pro Vita Sua, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, Loss and Gain, and The Idea of a University. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- comment intelligently on key texts of John Henry Newman from both his Anglican and Catholic periods, and display knowledge of their historical contexts;
- analyse and criticise other key primary source materials;
- engage in close reading of texts;
- demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings;
- demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
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Assessment Information
Three 1000-word online commentaries, or one 2000-word essay plus one online commentary (30%);
class participation (10%);
exam (60%). |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Keywords | Newman, Oxford Movement, Victorian, Church, Catholic, Anglican, Tractarian |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Sara Parvis
Tel: (0131 6)50 8907
Email: S.Parvis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk |
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