Spring 2017/Pasadena
CH504
Ahn
CH504: THE MODERN
CHURCH IN A GLOBAL HISTORICAL CONTEXT (Korean)
(4 units: 160 hours). Katherine H. Lee Ahn.
DESCRIPTION: This
course introduces the most important themes and events in the life of the
church around the world from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries.
Beginning with the post-Reformation period, students will examine the growth
and contributions of the church in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and
Australia/Oceana. Attention will be given to some of the more important
historical, theological, and cultural developments that have shaped (or been
shaped by) specific regional and global historical contexts.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students
who complete the course will demonstrate ability to (1) identify and explain
principal theological developments and historical events and personalities that
have shaped the modern church; (2) think critically about historical texts and
arguments, placing them in context; (3) interpret their own ecclesiastical tradition
and other traditions with critical awareness and reflection; (4) critically
assess their religious and cultural assumptions by examining the complexity and
diversity of modem Christian history; (5) gain an appreciation for the
multiplicity of ways in which the Christian faith is experienced and expressed
in various parts of the world.
COURSE FORMAT: This
class meets once per week for three-and-a-half-hour sessions for a total of 35
hours of classroom instruction for lecture and discussion plus 5 hours of
directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.
REQUIRED READING: 1,336 total pages required.
Chun, Ho-Jin. Korea
Title [The Past, Present, and Future of
Asian Christianity]. Young
Mun, 2008. (아시아 기독교의 과거와 현재 그리고 미래. 전호진 저. 영문, 2008.) ISBN: 978-8984872509, Pub. Price
15,000 Won [428 pp.]. Gonzalez, Justo L. The
Story of Christianity. Harper
Collins, 2010. (현대 교회사. 후스토 곤잘레스 저. 엄성옥 역. 은성 출판사. 2012I want
to say "thank you" to everyone for welcoming me nearly two years ago
and allowing me the privilege to work together with everyone. I want to say
"thank you" to everyone for welcoming me nearly two years ago and
allowing me the privilege to work together with everyone.). ISBN: 978-8972364047, Pub. Price 26,000 Won
[514 pp.]. Synan, Vinson. The Pentecostal-Holiness Tradition:
Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century. Eerdmans, 1997. (세계 오순절 성령 운동의 역사. 빈슨 사이난 저. 이영훈, 박명수 역. 서울 말씀사. 2000). ISBN: 978-8984340633, Pub. Price
10,000 Won [394 pp.]. RECOMMENDED READING: Barth, Karl. Dogmatics
in Outline. Harper & Row, 1959. (교의학 개요. 칼 바르트 저. 신경수 역. 크리스챤 다이제스트. 2001. Translated by Shin,
Kyung Soo; published by Christian Digest, 2001. ISBN: 978-8944710506, Pub.
Price 6,000 Won. Bettenson, Henry S. & Maunder, Chris eds., Documents of the Christian Church: selected
and edited by Henry Bettenson. Oxford University Press,
1999. ISBN: 978-0199568987, Pub. Price $29.95. Freston, Paul. Evangelicals
and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Cambridge, 2001. ISBN: 978-0521604291, Pub. Price $72.00. Froehle, Bryan T., and Mary L. Gautier. Global Catholicism: Portrait of a World Church. Orbis, 2003. ISBN:
978-1570753756, Pub. Price not available. ***OUT OF PRINT. Gutierrez, Gustavo. A Theology of Liberation. (해방신학. G. 구티에레즈 저/성염. 분도출판사). Orbis Books, 1971. ISBN: 978-0883445426,
Pub. Price $24.00. Hastings, Adrian, ed. A
World History of Christianity. Eerdmans, 1999. ISBN: 978-0802848758, Pub.
Price $40.00. Irvin, Dale T. and Scott
W. Sunquist. History of the World
Christian Movement, Vol. 2: Modern Christianity from 1454-1800. Orbis
Books, 2012. ISBN: 978-157075895, Pub. Price $40.00. Jenkins, Philip. The
Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. Oxford University
Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0199767465, Pub. Price $15.95. Kim, Sang Kun. Korean
Title (Church
History Read through Historical Figures). Pyung Dan Mun Wha Sa, 2007. (인물로 읽는 교회사. 김상근 저. 평단 문화사. 2007). ISBN: 978-8973432561, Pub. Price 15,000 Won. Koschorke, Klaus, Frieder Ludwig, and Mariano Delgado, eds. A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa,
and Latin America, 1450-1990.
Eerdmans, 2007. ISBN: 978-0802828897, Pub. Price $40.00. Robert, Dana L. Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers. Orbis Books, 2002. ISBN: 978-1570754258,
Pub. Price $25.00. Sanneh, Lamin. Whose
Religion is Christianity?: The Gospel Beyond the West. Eerdmans, 2003.
ISBN: 978-0802821645, Pub. Price $16.00. Walls, Andrew F. The
Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History. Orbis, 2002. ISBN:
978-1570753732, Pub. Price $26.00. ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT: PREREQUISITES: Korean. RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
Option to meet the TH3 or TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv Program and
the 80 MAT Programs (Fall 2015). Option to meet the TH3 requirment in the 80
MATM Program (Fall 2015). Core requirement in the 80 MAICS Program (Fall 2015).
Meets CHC in the 144 MDiv Program. FINAL EXAMINATION:
Yes.