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Fee: $60
Five weeks
with text by Dr. Kevin Hughes and videos from faculty at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
Church history tells the stories that are woven into the fiber of the Church as the people of God and as an institution. The beliefs, practices, and relationships of the Church were formed by believers of all generations as they strived to live a life of faith in their time and place. In this course, we explore the people and events that have shaped culture and society and the Church throughout the centuries. We examine both the defining events of the era as well as the people behind them.
This course has a required text: Kevin L Hughes, History of the Church: the faith transmitted. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2002. (Loyola Press) (Amazon)
The subjects
Week 1: Why study Church history
Week 2: At the beginning
Week 3: Establishing Faith in the Context of Culture
Week 4: Faith in the High Middle Ages
Week 5: Faith at the end of the Middle Ages
Special Features
This course includes:
- Weekly introductions to each new topic;
- Links to a different published commentary or book review each week;
- Weekly questions for reflection and discussion; And
- A regularly updated resource page for further study of the topics covered in this course.
All Crossroads courses include these features:
- Participants have 24/7 access to the password-protected course website.
- Each participant belongs to a small community of conversation and faith sharing guided by a facilitator.
- The site is generally available to participants at least three months after the course.
- Guidance on how to navigate the website is always available.
- Technical support is easy to contact and prompts to resend a message.
- A certificate of active participation is awarded to those who post at least three substantive posts for each week of content.
Additional materials:
Kevin L Hughes, History of the Church: the faith transmitted. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2002.
Time Commitment:
A participant can expect to spend approximately 4 hours each week. This engagement includes both preparation and online interaction.
Certificate requirement categories: Themes of our Christian tradition
Content specialists: Kevin L. Hughes, Ph.D. (book) Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Villanova University; Francine Cardman, Ph.D. (video) Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry; Catherine M. Mooney, Ph.D. (video) Associate Professor of Church History at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.