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Class 1: Introduction

Class 1: Introduction. Dr. Ann T. Orlando 8 January 2014. Welcome Back to Church History. Review Syllabus Structure of course Requirements Course Web Site My agenda/perspective/prejudices NB: No class week of Jan. 20. Class Structure. Six Parts Lectures Ref. to Bokenkotter

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Class 1: Introduction

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  1. Class 1: Introduction Dr. Ann T. Orlando 8January 2014

  2. Welcome Back to Church History • Review Syllabus • Structure of course • Requirements • Course Web Site • My agenda/perspective/prejudices • NB: No class week of Jan. 20

  3. Class Structure • Six Parts • Lectures • Ref. to Bokenkotter • Primary Source Readings • Five Short Papers at conclusion of Parts I – V based on primary sources • One Long Paper and panel discussion based on selected book reading

  4. Book Selection • Choose One by Feb 28: • Brad Gregory. The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2012. (Chapters) • D. A. Brading, Mexican Phoenix, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. • Ruth Harris, Lourdes, New York: Penguin, 1999. • David Kertzer, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, New York: Vintage, 1997. • John McGreevy, Catholicism and American Freedom, New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. • Read Book by Mar 19 • Topics for panels and papers to Ann by April 2 • Panels last week of class

  5. Requirements • Class attendance and active participation. • Preparation of Short Papers and class discussion • Preparation of Long Paper and panel discussion • Two Exams: • Quiz I covering Parts I and II on Feb 27 (closed book) • Quiz II covering Parts III, IV and V on April 26 (closed book) • NO FINAL • Grade: • 1/3 short papers, discussion, panel and final presentation • 1/3 each quiz

  6. Texts for Class • James Hitchcock, History of the Catholic Church (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012) • John Vidmar, The Catholic Church Through the Ages (New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2005) • Thomas Bokenkotter, A Concise History of the Catholic Church (New York: Doubleday, 2004). • Norman Tanner, A New Short History of the Catholic Church (London: Barnes & Oates, 2011) • Peter Armenio, History of the Church (The Didache Series), (Midwest Theological Forum, 2005) • John O’Malley, A History of the Popes (Maryland: Sheed & Ward, 2010) • DiarmaidMacCulloch, Christianity, the First Three Thousand Years (New York: Viking, 2010) • Manu readings from: Carter Lindberg, Editor. The European Reformations Sourcebook. (Malden: Blackwell, 2000.)

  7. Web Site for Class • http://web.mit.edu/aorlando/www/BJSecondChurchHistory/ • Several files • Word file of syllabus • Lecture slides; posted day after each lecture, in a folder called Lectures; PowerPoint format

  8. Primary Sources • Different, multiple sources each week; should be focus of papers • Read everything critically (includes secondary sources) • What is author’s perspective • What issues is author addressing; how important is the historical circumstance to those issues • Who is the audience • What is genre of the work (homily, thesis, poem, letter, Biblical commentary) • Caution using Web Resources • Anybody can put anything on the web and claim that it is ‘authoritative’ • Many texts are available, but in older translations • Maintenance of a web resource is still on an individual basis; no guarantee that information will be well maintained • And if you use a web resource you must reference it

  9. My agenda, approach to history, prejudices • Apologetic • Intellectual History • What it is • Issues • When does the ‘Middle Ages’ end • What is most important about the 16thC • Importance of the 17th C

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