Course Outline

COURSE OUTLINE

Name of the Institution: Tangaza College
Faculty: School of Theology
Department: Systematic Theology
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Semester: 1st Semester (August-December 2010)
Course Code number: CHC 301
Course title: Church History IV
Credit hours: 2
Class Room: Hall
Lecture Times: Mon 11.30 am – 12.20 pm, 12.25 – 1.25pm.
Pre-requisites: None
Name of Lecturer: Victor Dunne
Office: Main Office
Office Telephone: Main Office
E-mail: vdunnesps@gmail.com
Website: None
BlogSpot: http:\\modhistorytangaza.blogspot.com
Pigeon hole number: 14
Availability for Consultation: Mon 1.15-1.30pm, Tues 10.15-10.45am, Wed 10.15-10.35am, Fri 9.20-11.25 in Office.

Course Description:
General Goals and Objectives:
The Course CHC301 aims to introduce third year students to the major historical issues of Church History in the 19th and 20th century, with a strong emphasis on matters involving the development of the Church especially in Africa.

Course Syllabus
1. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: The Enlightenment. France immediately before the Revolution. Phase I: An ill-fated experiment in Civil Religion. Phase II: The Radicals. Phase III: Separation of Church and State. Napoleon and the Church. Aftermath.
2. RESTORATION AND LIBERALISM: Restoration in France. Restoration in Italy. Restoration in Germany. The Church in England and Ireland.
3. THE PONTIFICATE OF PIUS IX Loss of the Papal States. Catholic Piety. The Syllabus of Errors. The First Vatican Council: Ultramontanism; Preliminary planning; Proceedings. The closing years of the Pontificate of Pius IX: The Kulturkampf.
4. THE CHURCH AND THE SOCIAL QUESTION: Industrial Revolution and the emergence of impoverished masses. The social question and initial Catholic responses. Rerum Novarum. The further development of the social doctrine of the Church.
5. THE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: The revival of missionary activity in the nineteenth century: The deplorable state of the Catholic Missions; Renewal of the missionary spirit among the laity; The foundation of missionary societies; The Popes and the missions; Protestant Missionary Societies. Asia: India; China; Japan; Some other countries in Asia. Africa: Mission and colonization; Charles Lavigerie; Uganda; Democratic Republic of Congo; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Nigeria; Kenya.
6. THE MODERNIST CRISIS: Intellectual life of the Church. Origin, leaders and programme. Discrepancy between dogma and modern biblical studies. Reaction of the hierarchy. Measures to crush Modernism.
7. POPES AND MOVEMENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Pius X (1903-1914). Benedict XV (1914-1922). Pius XI (1922-1939). Pius XII (1939-1958). The Liturgical Movement. The Ecumenical Movement. Catholic Action.
8. VATICAN II AND BEYOND Pope John XXIII (1958-1963). Convocation of Vatican II and first session. The second session. The third session. The fourth session. The pontificate of Paul VI (1963-1978) after the Council. Pope John Paul II (1978-2005). Risorgimento or aggiornamento.

Specific Goals:
1. To cover all the components of a basic undergraduate course on Church History in the Catholic tradition
2. To equip the student with the basic history of events in the Church and affecting the Church in the modern era.
3. To promote in the student an appreciation of the Church as she moves forward actively engaging in the lives and cultures of many peoples in the world.

Specific learning Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the movements that occurred in the Church since the Enlightenment.
2. Respect the tradition of the Church in her relationship with government, affairs of states and political groups.
3. Appreciate the engagement of the Church in the social issues of the world.
4. Grasp the scale of the great missionary movement that occurred in the Church during this period.
5. Reflect on the challenges that face the Church in her engagement with the postmodern world.

Teaching Methods
Most class periods will be in a magisterial lecture format with suggested reading assignments. Questions will always be welcome and interaction is expected. PowerPoint presentations will be used and sometimes discussion in small groups and feedbacks to the whole class will take place.

Methods of Evaluation
There will be a written CAT of forty five minute duration consisting of one comprehensive answer to be given from a choice of questions and one final written exam of eighty minutes duration. The CAT will be on Monday September 27th 2010 at 11.30 am.

Grading Criteria
Marking is out of 80, 30 of which will be available for the CAT and 50 for the Final Exam.
A: 80-70 (Summa Cum Laude) A+ (80-75) A (75) A- (74-70)
B: 60-69 (Magna Cum Laude) B+ (66-69) B (65) B- (60-64)
C: 50-59 (Cum laude) C+ (56-59) C (55) C- (50-54)
D: 40-49 (Probatus) D+ (46-49) D (45) D- (40-44)
E: 0-39 Non probatus

Required Essential Texts:
Jean Comby with Diarmaid MacCulloch, How to Read Church History, Vol. 2, London 1994, Chapters 16-23.

Main Bibliography:
Baur, J., 2000 Years of Christianity in Africa, Nairobi 1994.
Bokenkotter, T., A Concise History of the Catholic Church, New York 1990 rev. and exp. ed.
Comby, J. and MacCulloch, D., How to Read Church History, Vol. 2, London 1994.
Daniel-Rops, H., The Church in an Age of Revolution, London 1965.
Daniel-Rops, H., A Fight for God, London 1966.
Dwyer, J.C., Church History. Twenty Centuries of Catholic Christianity, New York 1985.
Gilles, A.E., The People of Hope. The Story behind the Modern Church, Cincinnati 1988.
Holmes, D. and Bickers, B.W., A Short History of The Catholic Church, Turnbridge Wells 1992 rev. ed.
Jedin, H. and Dolan, J. (eds.), History of the Church, vol. 7: The Church between Revolution and Restoration, by R. Aubert et al., London 1981.
Jedin, H. and Dolan, J. (eds.), History of the Church, vol. 8: The Church in the Age of Liberalism, by R. Aubert et al., London 1981.
Jedin, H. and Dolan, J. (eds.), History of the Church, vol. 9: The Church in the Industrial Age, by R. Aubert et al., London 1981.
Jedin, H. and Dolan, J. (eds.), History of the Church, vol. 10: The Church in the Modern Age, by G. Adrányi et al., London 1981.
Latourette, J.L.S., A History of the Expansion of Christianity, vols. 4-7, Exeter 1971.
Jeremy Morris, The Church in the Modern Age, Taurus, London 2007.
Rogier, L.J., Aubert, R. and Knowles, M.D. (eds.), The Christian Centuries. A New History of the Catholic Church, vol. 5: The Church in a Secularized Society, by R. Aubert, P.E. Crunican, J.T. Ellis, F.B. Pike, J. Bruls and T. Hajjar, London - New York 1978.
Vidler, A.R., The Church in an Age of Revolution, Harmondsworth 1965.
Frances Knight, The Church in the Nineteenth Century, Taurus, London, 2008.
McGonigle, Quigley, J. F., A History of the Christian Tradition. From the Reformation to the Present, New York: Paulist Press 1996.
Hales, E.E., The Catholic Church in the Modern World, Garden City: Hanover House 1958.
Richard McBrien, The Church, HarperOne, New York, 2008.
Eric Jay, The Church, Vol 2, SPCK, London, 1978
William Bausch, Pilgrim Church, 23rd Publications, Mystic, 1973
William Bausch, The Parish of the Next Millennium, 23rd Publications, Mystic, 2000.
Avery Dulles, The Resilient Church, Gill & MacMillan, Dublin, 1978

Assignments.
Each week the students will be informed of what exact reading assignments they are expected to cover. They will also be encouraged to do personal research into the historical material presented in the lectures.

Week 1: No lectures due to ceremonies related to the opening of the Academic Year.

Week 2
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading Assignment
Mon, Aug 23rd The Enlightenment Outline of Course
Mon, Aug 23rd The French Revolution Vidler, The Church in the Age of Revolution, Chapter 1

Week 3
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Aug 30th Restoration and Liberalism Comby, & MacCulloch, How to Read Church History, Chapter 17
Mon, Aug 30th Pope Pius IX Daniel Rops, The Church in the Age of Revolution, Chapter 5

Week 4
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Sept 6th Vatican I Knight, The Church in the 19th Century, Chapter 3
Mon, Sept 6th The Missionary Movement Comby, & MacCulloch, How to Read Church History, Chapter 20

Week 5
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Sept 13th The Modernist Crisis Daniel Rops, A Fight for God, Chp 6
Mon, Sept 13th Movements in early 20th Century Aubert, The Church in a Secularised Society, Chapter 20

Week 6
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Sept 20th Pope Pius X Daniel Rops, A Fight for God, Chp 5
Mon, Sept 20th Pope Benedict XV & Pope Pius XI Daniel Rops, A Fight for God, Chp 9

Week 7
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Sept 27th CAT Class Notes
Mon, Sept 27th Towards Vatican II Bausch, Pilgrim Church, Chapter 23

Week 8
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Oct 11th Convocation of Vatican II Aubert, The Church in a Secularised Society, Chapter 23
Mon, Oct 11th Theologians & Issues at Vatican II Comby, & MacCulloch, How to Read Church History, Chapter 23

Week 9
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Oct 18th The Four Sessions of Vatican II Morris, The Church in the Modern Age, Chapter 7
Mon, Oct 18th Lumen Gentium & Gaudium et Spes McBrien, The Church, Part IV

Week 10
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Oct 25th Approaches to Conciliar Texts McBrien, The Church, Part IV
Mon, Oct 25th Post Vatican II Developments Jay, The Church, Chapter 20

Week 11
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Nov 1st Pope Paul VI McBrien, The Church, Part VI
Mon, Nov 1st The Ecumenical Movement Dulles, The Resilient Church, Chapters 8 & 9

Week 12
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Nov 8th Catholic Social and Political Concerns McBrien, The Church, Part VI
Mon, Nov 8th Internal Church Challenges McBrien, The Church, Part VI

Week 13
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Nov 15th Pope John Paul II Morris, The Church in the Modern Age, Chapter 12
Mon, Nov 15th Pope Benedict XVI McBrien, The Church, Part VI

Week 14
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Nov 22nd Africa: From Missionary to Local Church Aubert, The Church in a Secularised Society, Chapter 16
Mon, Nov 22nd The Church in Independent Africa Baur, J., 2000 Years of Christianity in Africa, Chapter 20

Week 15
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Mon, Nov 29th Current Church Issues Bausch, The Parish of the Next Millennium, Chapter 2
Mon, Nov 29th Synthesis Class Notes

Academic Policy Issues
Examination regulations will follow the School of Theology's updated Directory on Exams.
Continual lateness for lectures will not be tolerated
Apart from the first lecture in the morning, no student will be allowed into the class after ten minutes All mobile phones should be turned off during lectures ..... therefore no texting nor SMSing is allowed No one should stand up and walk out of class except in cases of illness or emergency
Any student who misses more than four class contact hours in a two credit course will not be allowed to sit the final exam and will receive no credits.
A student should notify the lecturer of any absence and, if necessary, should provide a letter from the student or the student's superior explaining the reason for the absence.

Academic Integrity, Plagiarism and Penalties Policies
Plagiarism is stealing; it is the theft or expropriation of all or part of someone else's work without proper acknowledgement, presenting the material as it if were one's own.

Plagiarism normally occurs
• when a student lifts verbatim written material from books and articles (either from published material or from the Internet) without acknowledging their source or
• when passages from books and articles are re-written without any acknowledgement of the source or
• when a student submits work which is a re-written version of someone else's work. Plagiarism in assignments and examinations is a serious breach of ethics and will be punished.

Cheating is using false pretences, tricks, devices, artifices or deception to obtain credit on an examination or in a college course. If a faculty member determines that a student has committed academic dishonesty by plagiarism, cheating or in any other manner, the faculty has the academic right to 1) fail the student for the paper, assignment, project and/or exam, and/or 2) fail the student for the course and/or 3) bring the student up on disciplinary charges.