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This course offers students the opportunity to explore in depth a period of church history from the patristic to the reformation period. It will critically analyse the contexts, causes, key figures and sources, and the resultant trajectories of particular historical ecclesiastical phenomena. Of note, alongside this will be the theological concerns at stake and the influence of given movements on wider Christian thought and practice.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course offers students the opportunity to explore in depth a period of church history from the patristic to the reformation period. It will critically analyse the contexts, causes, key figures and sources, and the resultant trajectories of particular historical ecclesiastical phenomena. In doing so, it will explore the developments of the period in question from a range of dimensions, including sociological, political, and economic. Of note alongside this will be the theological concerns at stake and the influence of given movements on wider Christian thought and practice. This course will provide students with advanced methodological skills required for further study in this discipline.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Demonstrate an ability to analyse various scholarly positions on and historiographical approaches toward periods in church history and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
| Conceptual | Create | Design and deliver to the class a 10-15 minutes presentation related to one of the weekly topics. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Reflect critically upon the relationship between historical ecclesiastical phenomena and their connection with Christian theological developments of thought and/or practice. |
| Factual | Understand | Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the principal factors that gave rise to particular developments in church history and resultant later trajectories. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 31 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided. |
Word Count | 1500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Demonstrate an ability to analyse various scholarly positions on and historiographical approaches toward periods in church history and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Reflect critically upon the relationship between historical ecclesiastical phenomena and their connection with Christian theological developments of thought and/or practice. |
| Procedural | Apply | Exercise and enhance the ability to apply appropriate methodological tools to answer historical questions with depth and reliability. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | ||
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided. |
Word Count | 3500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Demonstrate an ability to analyse various scholarly positions on and historiographical approaches toward periods in church history and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
| Conceptual | Create | Engage in designing an essay topic, locating relevant primary and secondary literature, and writing an original essay. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Reflect critically upon the relationship between historical ecclesiastical phenomena and their connection with Christian theological developments of thought and/or practice. |
| Factual | Understand | Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the principal factors that gave rise to particular developments in church history and resultant later trajectories. |
| Procedural | Apply | Exercise and enhance the ability to apply appropriate methodological tools to answer historical questions with depth and reliability. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | Word Count | 5000 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Understand | Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the principal factors that gave rise to particular developments in church history and resultant later trajectories. |
| Conceptual | Create | Engage in designing an essay topic, locating relevant primary and secondary literature, and writing an original essay. |
| Conceptual | Create | Design and deliver to the class a 10-15 minutes presentation related to one of the weekly topics. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Demonstrate an ability to analyse various scholarly positions on and historiographical approaches toward periods in church history and their capacity to explain the relevant data. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Reflect critically upon the relationship between historical ecclesiastical phenomena and their connection with Christian theological developments of thought and/or practice. |
| Procedural | Apply | Exercise and enhance the ability to apply appropriate methodological tools to answer historical questions with depth and reliability. |
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