- Unit Code & NameCH1306B Remembering and Forgetting in Christian History
- Description
The past has the ability to inform and shape our future. In this unit, you will explore the history of Christianity, paying particular attention to the role that women have played, while discovering how events and people have been remembered, represented, and sometimes forgotten.
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- DisciplineDelivery ID:
- LevelUndergraduate Level 1
- Semester2. Semester 1, 2025
- Delivery ModeOnline
- Date
24 February 2025 - 30 May 2025
Weekly hour-long Zoom sessions.
Students can explore the resources in the Ark unit and undertake some pre-reading in preparation for the commencement of this unit.
We recommend that you allocate 9 hours a week for all study activities.
- Lecturer(s) Reverend Professor Glen O'Brien
- Prerequisites
This is a foundational unit that functions as a prerequisite for any future undergraduate study in history.
Please note: This is a new EBC unit which contains similar content to the Introduction to Church History unit.
- Learning Activities
Online synchronous and asynchronous, activity-based learning supplemented by weekly Zoom tutorials.
Students are expected to attend weekly one-hour Zoom tutorials, engage in reading sources and watching videos, give an oral presentation on one of the tutorials, write a primary source analysis, and write an essay.
*This unit is offered at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. Students may engage with people across both levels when this unit is delivered.
- Assessments
1 x 1,000 word Source Analysis - 25%
1 x 1,000 word Seminar or Tutorial - 25%
1 x 2,000 word Essay - 50%
- Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of key themes and events in the history of Christianity.
2. Assess the significance of particular people in the history of Christianity and the way they have been remembered or forgotten.
3. Identify and use the foundational tools of historical study.
4. Articulate the ways historical study informs faith and practice in the present.
- Text Books
Required text for this unit is:
Elizabeth Gillan Muir, A Women's History of the Christian Church: Two Thousand Years of Female Leadership. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
An eBook is available and will be hyperlinked in Ark, but you may purchase a copy if you wish.